Mark Schupack, retired professor of economics at Brown University, died Sept. 27, 2018, at age 87.

Schupack graduated from MIT in 1953 and then served as a lieutenant in the Air Force. He earned a master’s degree in 1958 and a Ph.D. degree in economics in 1960, both from Princeton.

From 1959 to 1999 he taught at Brown. During his career at Brown, Schupack was chair of the economics department, associate provost, dean of the graduate school, and vice provost.

He was also chair of the Graduate Record Exam board, and was appointed to the Rhode Island Consumers’ Council by then-Gov. John Chafee.

Schupack is survived by his wife, Helaine; two children; and three grandsons.

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Graduate Class of 1960