Na Chicago, Becker na-enwe mmetụta site na Milton Friedman, onye Becker na-akpọ "site nnọọ kasị ukwuu ndụ nkụzi m mgbe ọ bụla nwere". Tupu afọ 30, ọ malitere izi na Columbia University na 1957, na 1970 laghachiri University of Chicago. Na 1965 a họpụtara ya dị ka a Fellow nke American Statistical Association. Becker bụ a nchoputa onye òtù nke TGG Group, a azụmahịa na philanthropic na-agba izu ụlọ ọrụ. Becker merie ndị John Bates Clark Nrite na 1967. A họpụtara ya dị ka a Fellow nke American Academy nke Arts na Sciences na 1972, na a Ph.D. na Mahadum nke Chicago na 1955 na a tesis isiokwu The Economics of Racial ịkpa ókè.
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