Volcker (47 page)

Grade six report card: fancy Volcker Sr. signature
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A Princeton semester: excellent … but for basketball
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Postcard home from Harvard: a traffic ticket
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Handwritten Harvard transcript: two A− grades
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Handwritten notes from first FOMC meeting as chairman, page 1
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Handwritten notes from first FOMC meeting as chairman, page 2
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A Volcker FOMC doodle
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Another Volcker FOMC doodle
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February 26, 1981, letter from Congressman Ron Paul: on integrity
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June 5, 1987, letter from Congressman Bill Gradison: “as a citizen.”

June 10, 1987, letter from Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher: on missing Volcker
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November 28, 2008, letter from Italian president Carlo Ciampi: on trust
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The Magnificent Seven: members of the Federal Reserve Board as of October 6, 1979—the date that the Fed met, under Volcker's leadership, and committed to bold steps to battle inflation. Seated, from left: Henry Wallich, Paul Volcker, Frederick Schultz, Philip Coldwell. Standing, from left: Emmett Rice, Nancy Teeters, Charles Partee. (Photograph by Black Star Photo)

A young Brooklyn Dodgers fan from Teaneck, New Jersey. (Undated photograph from Volcker's personal collection)