Obituaries

UPDATED: Famed economist, professor Alan Krueger dies at 58

UPDATED: Famed economist, professor Alan Krueger dies at 58

Allan Shen

Krueger is most well-known in the field of economics for his research on the effects of minimum wage on employment. His study with Harvard economist Lawrence Katz and UC Berkeley economist David Card showed that an increase in the minimum wage did not result in a reduction in employment.

NEWS | 03/25/2019

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HUM Sequence co-founder Theodore K. Rabb GS '61 passes away at 81

HUM Sequence co-founder Theodore K. Rabb GS '61 passes away at 81

Paige Allen and Allan Shen

Theodore K. Rabb GS ’61 was the co-founder of the Humanities sequence to introduce a group of first-year students to the literature, philosophy, and history of Western civilization. 

NEWS | 02/14/2019

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Renowned mathematician and professor Elias Stein passes away at 87

Renowned mathematician and professor Elias Stein passes away at 87

Allan Shen

Renowned mathematician Elias M. Stein, the Albert Baldwin Dod Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at the University, passed away on Dec. 23, 2018, at the age of 87.

NEWS | 02/05/2019

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Updated: Vanguard Group founder John C. Bogle ’51 passes away at 89

Updated: Vanguard Group founder John C. Bogle ’51 passes away at 89

Allan Shen

John C. “Jack” Bogle ’51 has passed away at 89. A giant in the investment world, he founded the first index mutual fund and the influential Vanguard Group.

NEWS | 02/04/2019

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Acclaimed architect Robert Venturi ’47 dies at 93

Acclaimed architect Robert Venturi ’47 dies at 93

Allie Spensley

Robert Venturi ’47 GS ’50, an acclaimed architect whose designs and writings transformed the field and sparked the postmodernist movement, died in his home on Tuesday, Sept. 18. He was 93.

NEWS | 09/23/2018

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Schorske, professor emeritus of history, dies at 100

Schorske, professor emeritus of history, dies at 100

Shriya Sekhsaria

NEWS | 09/20/2015

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