Prize Lecture to the memory of Alfred Nobel, December 7, 1990.

Interview with Professor William Sharpe at the 1st Meeting of Laureates in Economic Sciences in Lindau, Germany, September 1-4, 2004. Interviewer is freelance journalist Marika Griehsel.

I was born on June 16, 1934 in Boston, Massachusetts. At that time my parents had completed their undergraduate educations - my father in English literature, my mother in science. My father was then employed at Harvard University, working in the placement office.