/ en /news/2022-03/retro-mason-james-m-buchanans-nobel-prize-press-conference-1986 <span>Retro Mason: James M. Buchanan's Nobel Prize Press Conference 1986</span> <span><span lang="" about="/user/231" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" xml:lang="">Colleen Rich</span></span> <span>Thu, 03/17/2022 - 13:39</span> <div class="layout layout--gmu layout--twocol-section layout--twocol-section--30-70"> <div class="layout__region region-first"> <div data-block-plugin-id="inline_block:call_to_action" data-inline-block-uuid="eaceedec-9038-4e21-a45d-c410752100fa"> <div class="cta"> <a class="cta__link" href="https://50th.gmu.edu/our-stories/retro-mason"> <h4 class="cta__title">See More Retro Mason <i class="fas fa-arrow-circle-right"></i> </h4> <span class="cta__icon"> <div class="field field--name-field-cta-icon field--type-entity-reference field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Icon</div> <div class="field__item"><div> <div class="field field--name-field-media-font-awesome-icon field--type-fontawesome-icon field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Icon</div> <div class="field__item"><div class="fontawesome-icons"> <div class="fontawesome-icon"> <i class="fas fa-book" data-fa-transform="" data-fa-mask="" style="--fa-primary-color: #000000; --fa-secondary-color: #000000;"></i> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </span> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout__region region-second"> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:body" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasebody"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Body</div> <div class="field__item"><div> <div class="field field--name-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img src="/sites/g/files/yyqcgq291/files/2022-03/buchananNobelpresser.jpg" width="1200" height="798" alt="black and white photo of reporters and camera people at a press conference" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image" /></div> </div> <p><span><span>On October 17, 1986, the media descended upon ÑÇÖÞAV when economist James M. Buchanan won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his work on public choice theory. The press conference took place in George's Hall on the Fairfax Campus on the day the award was announced in Stockholm, Sweden, and was attended by reporters from around the world. He was Mason's—and Virginia's—first Nobel laureate.</span></span></p> <p><span><span>Buchanan told "George Mason" magazine that when he got the call with the news he decided to celebrate by opening a 91-year-old bottle of port, a gift from a student that he had been saving for 15 years waiting for a special occasion. </span></span></p> <p><span><span>Buchanan and colleague Gordon Tullock started the <a href="https://publicchoice.gmu.edu/">Center for Study of Public Choice</a> at Virginia Tech in 1969. They moved the center to Mason in 1983 to be closer to the federal government they were studying. Buchanan led the center until his retirement in 2007. He died in 2013. Buchanan Hall on the Fairfax Campus is named in his honor.</span></span></p> <p><span><span>Photo credit: Carl Zitzman, ÑÇÖÞAV</span></span></p> <p> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:field_content_topics" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasefield-content-topics"> <h2>Topics</h2> <div class="field field--name-field-content-topics field--type-entity-reference field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Topics</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/14441" hreflang="en">Masonat50</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/15051" hreflang="en">Retro Mason</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/391" hreflang="en">College of Humanities and Social Sciences</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1281" hreflang="en">James M. 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Buchanan</span> <span><span lang="" about="/user/231" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" xml:lang="">Colleen Rich</span></span> <span>Thu, 04/09/2020 - 14:25</span> <div class="layout layout--gmu layout--twocol-section layout--twocol-section--30-70"> <div class="layout__region region-first"> </div> <div class="layout__region region-second"> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:field_content_topics" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasefield-content-topics"> <h2>Topics</h2> <div class="field field--name-field-content-topics field--type-entity-reference field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Topics</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1281" hreflang="en">James M. 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