Marshall Edward Blume (31 March 1941 – 27 January 2019) was an American financial economist.
Blume studied mathematics at Trinity College and pursued postgraduate study in finance at the University of Chicago, where he completed a master's degree and doctorate (1968).
[1][3] Blume taught at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania for 44 years, beginning in 1968.
[4][5] He was appointed Howard Butcher Professor of Finance in 1978,[6] and granted emeritus status upon retirement in 2010.
[2] In 2011, the Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research, where Blume had served as director since 1986, began awarding the Marshall Blume Prizes in Financial Research in his honor.