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From the Classroom to the White House: Ivy League Professors in Obama's Administration -- PICTURES

By Chris Heller

Updated: August 29, 2011 | 4:17 p.m.
August 29, 2011 | 3:47 p.m.

Alan Krueger, the latest labor economist to become chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, is a professor of economics and public affairs at Princeton University. Krueger is also the founding director of the Princeton University Survey Research Center. (PHOTO: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)

On Monday, President Obama chose labor economist and Princeton University professor Alan Krueger to be chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers. In this gallery, we look at Obama's most notable appointees from the Ivy League.

(RELATED: Obama Taps Labor Economist for CEA Chairmanship | Can Krueger Focus Obama on a Jobs Vision?)

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