William Hemphill, an adjunct economist with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington, D.C., died Nov. 10, 2012. He was 70.
He received a bachelor’s degree in economics from Monmouth College in 1963. From 1963 to 1964, he studied as a Rotarian fellow at the American University of Beirut, and in 1975 he earned a Ph.D. in economics from Princeton.
Hemphill was employed by the International Monetary Fund. After retiring, he taught for several years at Georgetown and George Washington universities, after which he returned to the IMF in an adjunct capacity.
In addition to his international and macroeconomic work, Hemphill was accomplished at the piano, guitar, and other musical instruments. He sang with several choral groups and played string bass for a local ragtime band until his death.
He is survived by his wife, Clara M. Smith, whom he married in 1999, and two sons from a previous marriage to Deirdre R. Levine.