In Memoriam: Thomas Palm, 1937-2015 homas Palm was born November 9, 1937 in Tallinn, Estonia. He died December 14, 2015 in Newberg, Oregon. He was Professor of Economics at Portland State University from 1966 to 1998. During his childhood, Tom experienced the occupation of Estonia by both Soviet and German forces. After World War II, Tom and his mother, Julie, lived in various Displaced Persons Camps in Europe before they finally were able to move to Devils Lake, North Dakota, in 1949. Tom was then eleven years old. He and his mother moved to Colorado, and Tom earned his bachelor's degree at the University of Colorado. He earned a Ph.D. in Economics at the University of Michigan. Tom and his wife, Ingrid, met while they were both in graduate school in Michigan. His entire professional life was at Portland State University. A colleague in the Department of Economics has described Professor Palm as “Mr. Everything,” because he taught such a range of economic topics, including engineering economics, environmental economics, and micro economics. He co-authored several books, including Private and Public Analysis, Studying Economics, Praktische Falle, and The Economics of Black America. As a result of the last book, which he wrote with Professor Harold Vatter, he taught a course in Black Economics. The book also led him to work on improving the preparation of teachers in inner-city schools. His course in managerial economics was one of the first distance-learning courses offered by Portland State University. With the collapse of the Soviet empire, Tom was invited to Tallinn by the Estonian Communist Central Committee to help them understand free-market capitalism. Tom, and his wife, Ingrid, made several trips to Estonia both before and after Estonian independence. He helped to educate the fledgling government and to advise them on how best to establish an economic system in the newly independent country. He found that he needed to start with the most basic economics concepts because, after generations of a "central planning economy," his students did not understand even the principle or application of "supply and demand." The Tallinn Technical University invited Tom and Ingrid to Tallinn, and, in a memorable ceremony, awarded him the title of “Honored Professor Emeritus.” Tom, with Ingrid's help, wrote a book about his life that was completed and printed just before he died. Professor Palm is survived by Ingrid. She and Tom celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary in August, 2015. A Celebration of Tom's Life was held on Sunday, January 17th, 2016, at the Latvian Hall, 5500 SW Dosch Rd., Portland. –John R. Cooper, Professor Emeritus of English In Memoriam: Charles D. Bolton, 1921-2016 harles D. Bolton received his Ph.D. from University of Chicago in 1959. He was on the faculty of the University of California at Davis before joining Portland State College in 1964. He held dual faculty appointments with the Department of Sociology and the School of Urban Studies during his tenure at Portland State University (1964-1987.) Dr. Bolton was Chair of the Department of Sociology 1965-1970, and 1977-1980, and served as Acting Dean of the School of Urban Studies 1979-1980. Professor Bolton was instrumental in creating and designing the curriculum for the Ph.D. program in Urban Studies. He published a number of articles in sociological journals and was co-author, with Kenneth Kammeyer of The University Student: a Study of Student Behavior and Values published by Yale University Press. In 1962, he wrote an article in The Nation on United States policy towards Cuba. That article was discussed in a subsequent article in The Nation that suggested that Professor Bolton’s article might have been “included in President Kennedy’s briefing papers, because in early 1963, Kennedy began to explore a ‘sweet approach” toward Cuba.” He was promoted to Professor Emeritus upon his retirement in 1987. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary. He is survived by their daughters Gail, Sue, and Jeanie, and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. At his request, there was no funeral service or memorial ceremony. –John R. Cooper, Professor Emeritus of English 6 T C
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