{"id":349,"date":"2026-06-22T12:15:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T12:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=349"},"modified":"2026-06-22T12:15:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T12:15:47","slug":"seven-facts-about-former-fed-chairman-alan-greenspan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=349","title":{"rendered":"Seven Facts About Former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>June 22 (Reuters) &#8211; Seven facts about \u2060former \u2060Federal Reserve Chairman Alan \u2060Greenspan, who died on Monday at age \u200b100:<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=347\">WiseTech Shares Tumble on News Reports Police Are Investigating Founder White<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>* Greenspan grew up a Benny Goodman fan and \u200cbefore taking up economics \u200che studied clarinet for two years at New \u2060York&#8217;s \u2060Juilliard School and played saxophone with a touring jazz \u200bband.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>* Greenspan and NBC News correspondent Andrea Mitchell dated for 12 years before marrying in 1997.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>* Greenspan was notorious \u200bfor speaking cryptically and once said, &#8220;I guess I should \u2060warn you, \u2060if I turn \u2060out \u200bto be particularly clear, you&#8217;ve probably misunderstood what I said.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=345\">People Caught Vandalizing Washington Reflecting Pool to Be Fully Prosecuted, US Attorney Pirro Says<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>* \u200bHis first wife \u2060introduced Greenspan to Ayn Rand, the &#8220;Atlas Shrugged&#8221; novelist known for her philosophy of individualism, and they became close friends.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>* The bathtub served as Greenspan&#8217;s auxiliary office. \u2060He said it was during his daily morning baths, which \u2060sometimes lasted two hours, that he had his best ideas, using the tub time to read reports and write speeches. &#8220;Immersed in my bath, I&#8217;m as happy as Archimedes as I contemplate the world,&#8221; he wrote in his memoir.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>* After he retired from the Federal Reserve, Penguin Press paid $8.5 \u2060million for his memoir, which at the time was the second-largest advance paid for a non-fiction book.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=343\">Soccer-How a Warm World Cup Welcome Is Endearing the US to Fans<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>* In his last year at the Fed, \u200bGreenspan had a salary of about $180,000.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>(Compiled by \u200bBill TrottEditing by Diane Craft)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><b>Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters<\/b>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US News is a recognized leader in college, grad school, hospital, mutual fund, and car rankings. 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