James Worley *58

James Worley, mentor to government officials around the world, died July 26, 2003, at his home in Nashville, Tenn., following an illness. He was 77.

Professor emeritus of economics at Vanderbilt U., Worley directed the Graduate Program in Economic Development there from 1963-88, preparing government officials and university teachers from 92 countries for master's degrees in economics. Many of his students held him in the highest regard and affection for years after graduating. They include a former Lebanese ambassador to the US, a vice president of Micronesia, a deputy director of the IMF Institute at the International Monetary Fund, a vice president of Ecuador, a governor of the Central Bank of Turkey, and the founder of a Bangladeshi bank providing small loans for the very poor to start micro-businesses. Worley amply fulfilled his charge, as recipient of a Danforth Fellowship in his own graduate-student days, to teach at the college level and to teach well.

Born in Birmingham, Ala., Worley received undergraduate and graduate degrees from Vanderbilt and earned a doctorate in economics and sociology from Princeton. He is survived by his wife, Rosemary, four children, and eight grandchildren.