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Professor
Haskel Benishay retires
After
a distinguished 38-year career at the Kellogg School, Haskel
Benishay, professor of managerial economics, retired in
February.
Benishay
joined Kellogg in 1967 and played an important role in the
formation of the Managerial
Economics and Decision Sciences Department (MEDS), which
was launched in 1968. The MEDS department grew into what Dean
Emeritus Donald
P. Jacobs called "an intellectual hothouse, where bright
theorists can indulge their creativity" and pursue cutting-edge
research.
"Haskel's
research has always been focused on understanding the real
world," said Tim
Feddersen, chair of the MEDS department and the Wendell
Hobbs Professor of MEDS. Benishay brought this knowledge to
a "much wider audience," Feddersen said, through a long-running
column in the Pioneer Press and in many TV, radio and
print interviews.
Benishay
said being "both a conservative and a liberal" is one of his
main accomplishments. He said he tries to bring that sense
of balance to his personal Web site, where one can read his
many movie reviews as well as articles on economics and health. |
