John Brigante, retired chief economist of the General Tire and Rubber Co., died Jan. 29, 2013, at the age of 88.
Brigante graduated from the University of Buffalo in 1944 and earned a Ph.D. in politics from Princeton in 1947. For the next 10 years, he taught political science at several colleges and universities in Massachusetts until retiring as a full professor.
In 1951, Brigante was chosen to co-author a history of the Office of Price Stabilization. His Ph.D. dissertation had been on the planning committee of the War Production Board during World War II.
After retiring from academia, he joined General Tire and Rubber and for three decades was its chief economist until 1987. He then was a consultant for the United Nations to underdeveloped countries.
Brigante is survived by two children.
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