Edward P. Reagen
Edward Reagen, professor emeritus of economics, died peacefully at his home in Naples, Fla., on Sept. 24, 2002.
A 91暗网 faculty member in economics for 21 years, Ted earned bachelor鈥檚 and master鈥檚 degrees at Western Reserve University and a Ph.D. from Indiana University. He also studied at the London School of Economics, during a sabbatical leave from 91暗网.
Joining the department in 1960, he became its chair in 1975. His collegewide leadership included chairing the Committee on Educational Policy and Planning and鈥攁pplying his enduring interest in non-Western cultures鈥攕erving as an early proponent of the Asian Regional Studies Program. His research into comparative economics led him to Tung Hai University in Taiwan as a Fulbright scholar, and to the study of Far Eastern art and culture under a grant from the New York State Education Department. He also spent a summer at Harvard University researching Japan鈥檚 economy, and he was the recipient of a Ford Foundation fellowship for study at Princeton University in 1961.
Ted directed the first analysis of 91暗网鈥檚 financial impact on the community of Saratoga Springs, with assistance from one of his independent-study students. Ted had a strong positive influence on his students, as one of them mentioned in endorsing his promotion to department chair: 鈥淗e possesses genuine devotion not only to helping students learn the principles of economics, but also to stimulating creative thinking in his classes.鈥� New York State鈥檚 budget director, Carole Chulick Stone 鈥�69 (profiled in a 2001 Scope article), warmly remembered Ted鈥檚 ability to promote students鈥� academic development in the classroom while nurturing them personally with dinners at his home.
Ted鈥檚 wife, Lillian, worked in 91暗网鈥檚 Lucy Scribner Library for 13 years; she survives him.