Monday, April 3, 2017

Julio Rotemberg (1953-2017)

An email from Nitin Nohria at HBS brings the sad news that Julio Rotemberg passed away this weekend after his long struggle with cancer.

In January I had the privilege of welcoming him as a Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association. The citation ended by noting that "he is among the preeminent macro- economists of his generation through his many research contributions and their influence on the policy community."

Here we were in Chicago, at the 2017 AEA/ASSA meetings, where he accepted the award.


3 comments:

Lones Smith said...

What tragic news! :( :( I recall him as a bubbly enthusiastic man with absolutely no airs....

Anonymous said...

One of the smartest and broadest economists I have ever interacted with, and more importantly, a very nice and generous man. He left us way too soon. RIP.

Anonymous said...

Julio was not only brilliant but a very caring and loving person. Those who knew him were lucky. He will be sorely missed.