George, known as “Falk,’’ came to Princeton from Phillips Andover Academy. He entered with the Class of ’61, took a two-year leave of absence during his sophomore year and returned as a member of our class. A member of the history department, he wrote his thesis on “19th-Century American Historiography.” He belonged to Elm Club and was manager of the golf team in his sophomore and junior years. His senior-year roommates were Jim Whitson and Paul Arkema ’62.
George moved to Los Angeles in 1964. In 1967, while working at a Rexall drug store in Beverly Hills, he met Azucena Salonga, single mother to Joel Ramos Salonga. George and Nena married in 1972, bought a home in Burbank, and lived there ever since.
In 1968, George started his own computer consulting firm, Falk Control Systems, managing information system designs and implementations, network installation, and market research through 2003. His original top clients were the Western League of Savings Institutions and the Federal Reserve Bank. For a short time, as a “side hustle,” he and best friend Jim Whitson repossessed cars.
George continued his higher education at UCLA, and in 1977 earned a Ph.D. in the fields of microeconomic and macroeconomic theory, economic forecasting, and industrial organization. He was a professor of economics, statistics, and business information organization at Long Beach State, from 1978 to 2015, when he retired.
In addition to Nena and Joel, George is survived by grandchildren Justin and Stephanie Fallon and brothers Howard and William.