More Stanley Fischer Weblogging...
A correspondent emails:
I think [Neil] Irwin [has] the year Stan became a US citizen wrong. I'm pretty sure it was 1975, since it was such a memorable event. Basically, it was the only time he ever showed up late for a class. He comes in wearing a coat and tie (also highly unusual), starts his talk, takes off his coat, starts scribbling on the board, takes off his tie, and rolls up his sleeves. Another student, whose name I shall not reveal other than he subsequently served a hitch as XX XXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX, called out "Take it all off." Naturally, we learned what the occasion had been…
