Nathaniel Wollman, retired dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of New Mexico, died June 10, 2012. He was 97.
Wollman graduated from Penn State in 1936. In 1940, he earned a Ph.D. in economics from Princeton. During World War II, he enlisted in the Navy and remained in the Reserve until retiring in 1968 as a lieutenant commander.
In 1948, he joined the economics department at New Mexico. He was chairman of this department from 1960 to 1969, when he became dean of arts and sciences. Wollman held this appointment until retiring from the university in 1980.
During the preceding 30 years, he researched the economics of natural resources and the new field of environmental economics, with a specialty in water resources. In 1960, he wrote a report on water supply and demand as part of a comprehensive analysis for the Senate Committee on National Water Resources. In the 1970s, he was on two boards of the National Research Council. Among his books was one on New Mexico water resources and another on U.S. national water resources.
Predeceased by his wife, Lenora, he is survived by two sons and three grandchildren.
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