We have progressed on the AEA calendar on which 
we list the birthdays of famous dead economists. 
To avoid discretion (and the debates that are 
associated with it), we used a set of rules on 
whose birthday to include. Specifically, we 
included only dead economists that Stigler and 
Friedland had included on their calendars done in 
the 1970s. To that we added Nobel Laureates, AEA 
Presidents, AEA Distinguished Fellows, John Bates 
Clark Medalists, whether live or dead.  That 
decision algorithm, of course, leaves out 
numerous economists of note.  We do not plan to 
include any additional live economists­that would 
require too much judgment­but we are thinking 
that we might include any really famous dead 
economists who would not have been eligible for 
inclusion for the Stigler and Friedland calendar, 
but whom they might have included. Thus, I would 
appreciate suggestions of very famous economists 
who died between 1978 and 2009 who were not AEA 
Presidents, AEA Distinguished Fellows, or John Bates Clark Medalists.

Thanks,

David Colander