24 Facts About Glenn Loury

Glenn Cartman Loury was born on September 3,1948 and is an American economist, academic, and author.

Glenn Loury is the Merton P Stoltz Professor of the Social Sciences at Brown University, where he has taught since 2005 as a professor of economics.

At the age of 33, Loury became the first African American professor of economics at Harvard University to gain tenure.

Glenn Loury achieved prominence during the Reagan Era as a leading black conservative intellectual.

Glenn Loury was born on September 3,1948, in the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, growing up in a redlined neighborhood.

Glenn Loury became an assistant professor of economics at Northwestern University after receiving his doctorate.

In 1982, at age 33, Glenn Loury became the first black tenured professor of economics in the history of Harvard University.

Glenn Loury moved to Harvard's Kennedy School of Government after two years.

In 1987, Glenn Loury was under consideration to be an Undersecretary of Education in the Reagan administration.

Glenn Loury was arrested for drug possession in December 1987, six months after his assault and battery charges on Pamela Foster.

In 2005, Glenn Loury left Boston University for Brown University, where he was named a professor in the Economics Department, and a research associate of the Population Studies and Training Center.

Glenn Loury testified on racial issues before the Senate Banking Committee on March 4,2021.

Loury hosts The Glenn Show with John McWhorter, often regarding questions of race and education.

The New York Times has described Glenn Loury as "conservative-leaning" and The Wall Street Journal as a "Reagan Republican".

On January 9,2007, Glenn Loury spoke out against increasing the number of US troops in Iraq.

Glenn Loury was opposed to Barack Obama in his 2008 presidential run.

Glenn Loury has said that "affirmative action is not the solution, but neither is it the problem".

In June 2020, Glenn Loury published a rebuttal to a letter that Brown University president Christina Paxson sent to students and alumni in response to the murder of George Floyd by a policeman.

Glenn Loury was elected as a member of the Econometric Society in 1994, Vice President of the American Economics Society in 1997, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2000, and a member of the American Philosophical Society in 2011.

Glenn Loury was elected president of the Eastern Economics Association in 2013.

Glenn Loury is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and is a main academic contributor to the 1776 Unites project.

Glenn Loury fathered two children as a teenager with his first wife, Charlene.

Glenn Loury has a son from another relationship, Alden, who serves as data projects editor for WBEZ in Chicago.

In 2024, Glenn Loury announced his diagnosis of arthritis and stenosis of the lower-mid spine.