# In Memoriam

##  In Memoriam

![Photo of David Backus](/sites/default/files/styles/small_230px_wide/public/2025-07/screenshot_2025-07-01_at_11.49.51_am.png.webp?itok=OXc26d_M)

## [David Backus](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/academic-departments/economics/people/memoriam/david-backus) (1953 - 2016)

![Photo of William J. Baumol](/sites/default/files/styles/small_230px_wide/public/2025-07/screenshot_2025-07-01_at_11.53.13_am.png.webp?itok=creZr5Ke)

## [William J. Baumol](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/academic-departments/economics/people/memoriam/william-j-baumol) (1922 - 2017)

![Photo of Thomas Cooley](/sites/default/files/styles/small_230px_wide/public/2025-07/screenshot_2025-07-01_at_11.55.19_am.png.webp?itok=th9OoThm)

## [Thomas Cooley](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/thomas-cooley) (1943 - 2021)

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![Photo of Robert Kavesh](/sites/default/files/styles/small_230px_wide/public/2025-07/screenshot_2025-07-01_at_11.58.05_am.png.webp?itok=DA8r96G5)

## [Robert A. Kavesh](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/robert-kavesh) (1927 - 2024)

![Photo of Roy Radner](/sites/default/files/styles/small_230px_wide/public/2025-07/screenshot_2025-07-01_at_12.02.27_pm.png.webp?itok=zVYS-2VW)

## [Roy Radner](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/roy-radner) (1927 - 2022)