Barkley,
Many thanks for your good words about Fred.
Fred Lee was more than a "card-carrying member" of the Wobblies. A member of the IWW since 1985,
Fred was elected soon afterwards Chair of the General Executive Board at the same time that he was
Professor of Economics at Roosevelt University in Chicago.
Here are two 1988 interviews Chairman Lee did with the Chicago Reader and L.A. Times, explaining the
strange migration and history of Joe Hill's ashes. (Some of the ashes were mailed to Fred, he told me and
other colleagues, at his Roosevelt University address.)
http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/what-ever-happened-to-joe-hill/Content?oid=873072
http://articles.latimes.com/1988-11-20/news/mn-590_1_joe-hill-s-ashes
http://www.roosevelt.edu/CAS/Programs/ECON/History.aspx
Steve Ziliak
Professor of Economics
Roosevelt University
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For my reaction to the death of Fred Lee, please see http://www.econospeak.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-passing-of-fred-lee-another-old.html .
Barkley Rosser
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I am very sorry to hear of the death of Fred Lee, a distinguished economist.
Giancarlo de Vivo
Il giorno 24/ott/2014, alle ore 19:00, Medema, Steven <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> ha scritto:
(Sent on behalf of John Henry of UM-KC)
It is with great sadness that I inform the history of economics community that Fred Lee passed away last night. Given his deterioration over the last week, this was something of a welcome relief. The tentative date for his memorial service is November 8, but an announcement as to the details will be forthcoming.
John F. Henry
Department of Economics
University of Missouri-Kansas City
5100 Rockhill Road
Kansas City, MO 64110-2449
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Dipartimento di Economia, Management, Istituzioni
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