Barbara Morry Fraumeni (born December 9, 1949) is a Special-term Professor at the Central University of Finance and Economics, a Senior Fellow at Hunan University in China, Professor Emerita of Public Policy at the Muskie in the School of Public Service, University of Southern Maine, Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, United States,[1] and a Research Fellow of the IZA Network, Germany.
She is a former program officer with the National Science Foundation and Chief Economist at the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
While serving as Chief Economist at the Bureau of Economic Analysis, she was part of a team responsible for modifying the National Accounts to treat Research and Development as an investment and assess its contribution to economic growth.
[2][3] She retired from rowing in 1969 after traveling to Europe as an alternate on the second U.S. women's national team.
[4] For her work as Chief Economist at the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the U.S. Department of Commerce awarded her its highest honor (the Gold Medal) in November 2006.