Edwin S. Mills is the Emeritus Professor of Real Estate and Finance. Previously he was the Gary A. Rosenberg Professor Real Estate. He was also Professor of Economics at Princeton University, as well as the Gerald L. Phillippe Professor Urban Studies.

For 55 years, Professor Mills' teaching, research and writings have focused on real estate and urban economic development. He is the author of 20 books, including Urban Economics, currently in its 15th printing, and has more than 130 papers published. He was editor of the Journal of Urban Economics, co-editor of the Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, and was a member of the editorial board of the Journal of the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association, and Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies.

In addition to his research on U.S. topics, Professor Mills has written about urban development in Japan, South Korea, India and Thailand. He has been a consultant to several government agencies, including the U.S. Navy, U.S. Public Health Service, and the U.S. Office of Science and Technology, the United Nations, the World Bank as well as to many private organizations.

He received his Bachelor's degree from Brown University and his Ph.D. from the University of Birmingham, England.

• PhD, 1956, Economics, University of Birmingham, England
• AB, 1951, Economics, Brown University, Magna Cum Laude

• Lecturer in Urban Economics and Real Estate, Helsinki, Finland, Swedish School of Finance and Business, 10/30/1999
• Lecturer, Seoul, Korea, Korea Center for Free Enterprise, 11/30/1998
• Instructor, Taught February 1993, February 1994, February 1995, Economics Institute Jakarta, Indonesia, 5/1/1995
• Visiting Professor, SASIN Graduate Institute of Management, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 3/30/1989
• Gary Rosenberg Distinguished Professor of Real Estate and Finance, Kellogg School of Management, July 1987 - August 1994, Northwestern University, 8/30/1996
• Instructor of Mathematical Economics and Econometrics, 1961-1962, 1962-1963, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve, Washington, DC, 6/1/1963
• Visiting Professor, American Economic Association Minority Program, June 2001 - July 2001, University of Colorado at Denver, 7/30/2001
• Director, Center for Real Estate Research July 1988 - August 1994, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 9/26/1996
• Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Economics, Director 1980-1981, 1982-1985, Princeton, 9/7/1987
• Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Princeton, 10/30/1987
• Chairman, Department of Economics, Chair 1975-1977, Princeton, 8/30/1987
• Instructor, Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 6/16/1957
• Assistant Lecturer in Mathematical Economics and Statistics, Department of Economics, University College of North Staffordshire (Now University of Keele), 6/30/1955
• Professor, Department of Political Economy, John Hopkins University, 6/30/1970
• Visiting Professor, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration - July and August 1985, Urban Land Economics Division, University of British Columbia, 8/15/1985
• Professor Emeritus of Real Estate and Finance, Finance, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
• Assistant Professor, July 1957-June 1960, Department of Political Economy, John Hopkins University, 5/30/1970
• Associate Professor, July 1960-June 1963, Department of Political Economy, John Hopkins University, 6/1/1970
• Chairman, July 1966-June 1969, Department of Political Economy, John Hopkins University, 6/30/1970
• Professor of Economics and Public Affairs and Gerald L. Phillippe Professor of Urban Studies, July 1970-June 1974, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton, 6/30/1987
• Professor of Economics and Gerald L. Phillippe Professor of Urban Studies, July 1974 - June 1976, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton, 8/1/1987
• Lecturer, July 1984, Symposium on Microeconomic Theory, Beijing University, 7/1/1984
• Visiting Professor, May 1984, Haifa, Israel, Haifa University, 5/1/1984
• Visiting Professor, Part time program, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 6/30/1986
• Lecturer, Real Estate Program, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 8/31/1998
• Acting Director, Real Estate Program , Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 9/30/1997
• Director, Real Estate Program July 1995 - September 1996, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 11/15/1996
• Director, Real Estate Program, July 1988 - August 1994, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 10/31/1996
• Professor of Real Estate and Finance, Real Estate Program, September 1994 - August 1996, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 11/3/1996
• Visiting Professor, Taught January 1979, June 1979, May 1985, Beersheba, Israel, Ben Gurion University of Negev, 5/30/1985
• Teaching Staff, Taught Summer 1960, Summer 1962, Summer 1989, Summer 1995 and Summer 1996, Economics Institute, University of Colorado at Boulder, 3/1/1996

• Director, Chicago Economic Observatory, 2006-present
• Consultant, World Bank, 1-2006
• Member, Metropolitan Planning Council, 1997-1998
• Summer Research Fellow, University of Southern California, 1-1997
• Member National Council, Washington University, 1995-1996
• Visiting Fellow, Ben Gurion University, 1-1995
• Member, National Academy of Sciences, 1995-2000
• Member, Beta Gamma Sigma, 1995-present
• Member, National Research Council, 1993-1994
• Fellow, Home Hoyt Advanced Studies Institute, 1993-1995
• Principal Resource Person, Asian Development Bank, 1992-1993
• External Examiner, National University of Singapore, 1992-1996
• Visiting Fellow, University of British Columbia, 1-1991
• Visiting Fellow, National Chung Hsing University, 1-1991
• Member, Clark County Nevada, 1991-1995
• Member, Lambda Alpha Honorary Land Economics Society, 1991-1995
• Fellow, Urban Land Institute, 1990-1993
• Member, Bright New City Committee, 1990-1991
• Elected Member, American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association, 1992-1994
• Member, Heartland Institute, 1989-1992
• Member, National Rural Studies Committee, 1987-1996
• Member, Lincoln Institute, 1987-1996
• Member, Board of Trustees, Northwestern CUED Institute, 1987-1998
• Member, Research Advisory Council, National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries, 1-1986
• Economist ini Residence, Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank, 1983-1987
• Visiting Scholar, World Bank, 1981-1982
• Member, National Academy of Sciences, 1980-1981
• Member, Technical Advisory Committee, General Telephone & Electronics Company, 1980-1982
• Member, Reserach Advisory Board, Committee for Economic Development, 1980-1983
• Visitor, International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis, 1979-1981
• Member, National Academy of Sciences, 1978-1980
• Member, Panel of Experts, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 1975-1980

• Edwin S. Mills Prize for Best Paper in Real Estate Economics, American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association, January 2003. Awarded annually.
• George Bloom Award for 1996, American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association, January 1997
• Honored for 20 years of service, Economics Institute, August 1995
• Life Achievement Award, Real Estate Investment Association, October 1995. Made Life member.
• Conference in my honor on my retirement as Editor, Journal of Urban Economics, Kellogg School of Management, April 11-12, 1992. Papers published in the Journal of Urban Economics, Vol. 34, No. 2, September 1993
• Three sessions in my honor, Regional Science Association International Conference, Chicago, November 1992
• Real Estate Person of the Year, Chicago Real Estate Securities and Syndication Institute, 1989