The Washington Post: A Growing College Rivalry: The Fight for Faculty Star
George Mason University officials could not shout loud enough when economist Vernon L. Smith won the Nobel Prize in 2002. Smith’s recruitment a year earlier had shone a welcome light on the school, and the award was a crowning bonus.
Today, GMU is quiet, as Smith has slipped away for a job in California, lured by the same administrator who brought him to GMU.
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