Alvin Eliot Roth is an American academic. He is the Craig and Susan McCaw professor of economics at Stanford University and the Gund professor of economics and business administration emeritus at Harvard University. He was president of the American Economic Association in 2017. The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2012, announced October 15, 2012. Alvin E. Roth and Lloyd S. Shapley, “for the theory of stable allocations and the practice of market design”. Alvin E. Roth: born 1951, New York, NY, USA. Lloyd S. Shapley: born 1923, Cambridge, MA, USA. Wiki link Wiki link Data: the Nobel Foundation (CC0).