Union organizer and political and civil rights activist David Montgomery, the Farnam Professor Emeritus of History at Yale, died suddenly on Dec. 2. He was 84 years old.David MontgomeryMontgomery was one of the founders of the “New Labor History” in the...
Two members of the Yale faculty —Paul Bracken and Karen von Kunes — are included in the Princeton Review’s new book “300 Best Professors.”The book’s selections are based on reviews from RateMyProfessors.com. The book is designed to highlight “professors...
Nobel Prize-winner Daniel Kahneman, widely credited as the father of behavioral economics and author of the 2011 best-seller “Thinking, Fast and Slow,” will deliver the 2013 Arthur M. Okun Public Policy Lecture on Wednesday, Feb. 20.Daniel KahnemanFree...
Merton Joseph Peck, the Thomas DeWitt Cuyler Professor Emeritus of Economics, died March 1, at age 87. He resided in Florida and had been ailing for quite some time, according to his family.Merton Joseph PeckPeck was a specialist in industrial...
Robert (Bob) Eugene Evenson of New Haven, professor emeritus of economics, died on Feb. 2. He was 78 years old.Robert E. EvensonEvenson authored many books and collaborated on numerous publications in the areas of economic agricultural research,...