After a long illness, George died Feb. 14, 2013, a week before his 77th birthday.
He came to us from Roscoe Central High School in Cooks Falls, N.Y. He majored in psychology and took his meals at Cloister Inn. He showed his entrepreneurial skills by starting the Tiger Grinder Agency.
After graduation he spent a few years on Wall Street at G.H. Walker & Co., and then it was off to Cornell, where he earned a Ph.D. in economics. His first teaching position was in the economics department of Haverford College. He joined the faculty of the Univer-
sity of Massachusetts in 1968, teaching there for 29 years and writing numerous articles and books on economics and regional science.
George was a pioneer in the field of computerized microeconomic modeling, starting with research in national macroeconomic modeling in the late 1960s. He was one of the first in his field to develop state and local econometric models. George founded Regional Economic Models Inc. (REMI) in 1980 with a vision of improving government policy through economic analysis.
George is survived by Sidney, his wife of 54 years; his sons, Victor and Frederick ’87; and six grandchildren. To them all, the class extends its condolences.