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3 unusual facts about Chairman of the Federal Reserve


Daniel Tarullo

On 3 January 2014, Daniel Tarullo administered the oath of office to Janet Yellen, as Chairman of the Federal Reserve, as she took office, replacing Ben Bernanke, who joined the Brookings Institution, as a distinguished fellow in residence.

Eccles Avenue Historic District

The district was also later home to notables such as Marriner S. Eccles, a Chairman of the Federal Reserve and co-founder of First Security Bank (Marriner Browning, an original inhabitant of the district was also a founder.)

Joseph Yam

In 2007, Yam was the highest paid central banker in the world, with an annual salary of US$1.32 million, about seven times that of the Chairman of the Federal Reserve ($191,300).


Jamie Raskin

On October 4, 2010, she was sworn in as a governor of the Federal Reserve Board by Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke.


see also

Adam Smith College

The Adam Smith Lecture series has attracted prestigious national and international speakers including: Alan Greenspan KBE, who spoke while Chairman of the Federal Reserve in the USA; and Sir Mervyn King, Governor of The Bank of England, both of whom were introduced by The Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP, former Prime Minister and last Chancellor of the College.

Charles Hamlin

Charles Sumner Hamlin (1861–1938), American lawyer and first Chairman of the Federal Reserve

Eugene Black

Eugene Robert Black (1873–1934), Chairman of the Federal Reserve, 1933–1934

Montgomery Township, New Jersey

Ben Bernanke (born 1953), Chairman of the Federal Reserve, former resident and member of the Montgomery Township Board of Education.

Roy Young

Roy A. Young (1882–1960), American banker; past chairman of the Federal Reserve