George W. Downs (political scientist), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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American political scientist
Date of Birth: 06-Oct-1946
Date of Death: 21-Jan-2015
Profession: political scientist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About George W. Downs (political scientist)
- George Woodrow Downs, Jr.
- (August 6, 1946 – January 21, 2015) was an American political scientist and pioneer of the application of noncooperative game theory to international politics.
- He was a professor of politics at New York University, where he served as chair of the political science department (1998–2001), Dean of Social Science (2001–2009), and later as the Bernhardt Denmark Professor of International Affairs.
- Before that, he had served as Boswell Professor of Peace and War at Princeton University from 1987 to 1998.
- He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS) in 2014.
- His books included The Search for Government Efficiency and Optimal Imperfection.
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