Earl R. Rolph *32

EARL R. ROLPH *32, former chairman of the Dept of Economics at the U.C.Berkeley, died at his home Oct. 25, 1988. Born in Milwaukee, Wisc., he received his baccalaureate degree from the College of Wooster (Ohio), an M.A. in economics from Princeton and his Ph.D. from Cornell in 1936. He taught briefly at Cornell and at Colgate before coming to Berkeley in 1937. During WWII he served as an economist in the Office of Price Administration. He achieved the rank of full professor in 1955. Prof, Rolph was as well known on the Berkeley campus for his sensitivity to student and collegial concerns as he was for his expertise on matters of finance, taxation, banking, and intl. trade. He was honored as a Guggenheim fellow (for work in London) and as Ford research prof. at Berkeley. Hs wrote several books and journal articles, and retired in 1977.

He is survived by his son, a sister, a niece, and two grandchildren, to whom sincere sympathy is extended. Mrs. Rolph preceded him in death by less than one year.

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