[madinmadtown]

Could someone please tell me about Bernake’s history. Where is he from? Where did he work? Where did he go to school? How did he ever get in the position he is currently in?

[NormsRevenge]

http://www.federalreserve.gov/aboutthefed/bios/board/bernanke.htm

Dr. Bernanke was born in December 1953 in Augusta, Georgia, and grew up in Dillon, South Carolina. He received a B.A. in economics in 1975 from Harvard University (summa cum laude) and a Ph.D. in economics in 1979 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Dr. Bernanke is married and has two children.