National Bureau of Economic Research
NBER: sad news

Subject: sad news
From: Dora L. Costa (costa@mit.edu)
Date: Tue May 22 2007 - 00:17:18 EDT


Dear friends,

I am sorry if you are hearing this sad news in such an impersonal
way. Ken Sokoloff passed away around noon on Monday the 21st. Ken
was a member of the Development of the American Economy program,
the Productivity program, and the Political Economy program. He
will be sorely missed.

Dora L. Costa

Dora L. Costa
Professor of Economics, MIT

Department of Economics, E52-274C
50 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA 02142
Ph: 617-253-2989
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Webpage: http://web.mit.edu/costa/www/