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Obituary - Edgar O. Edwards

 

Edgar O. Edwards was born in Foxborough, Massachusetts in 1919 and earned an associate of arts degree from Green Mountain College in 1939. Following service in the Pacific with the U. S. Army during World War II, he earned a bachelor's degree from Washington and Jefferson College and masters and doctoral degrees in political economy from The Johns Hopkins University. Following nine years on the faculty of Princeton University, he was named Hargrove Professor of Economics at Rice University. His work at The Ford Foundation included the following positions: August 1963 to July 1965 - Project Specialist-Economics in Kenya advising the government August 1965 to April 1966 - Consultant September 1966 to September 1969 - Project Specialist-Economic Planning in Kenya September 1969 to October 1974 - Economic Advisor for Asia and Pacific November 1974 to April 1977 - Program Specialist - Macro Economics in Nairobi

May 1977 to December 1977 - Program Specialist – Macro Economics In NY

He retired from the Foundation in December 1977, but continued to be a consultant until 1979. Professor Edwards played important advisory roles for the governments of Kenya, Botswana, and Lebanon. He is author or co-author of over a dozen books and monographs and more than 20 articles in scholarly journals bridging economic development, planning, and accounting, including the classic text on business income, "The Theory and Measurement of Business Income", published in 1964 with Philip Bell. Professor Edwards resided in Poultney, Vermont. He passed away on June 5, 2010. He is survived by his wife Jean and their three children, Kathryn, Carolyn, and Douglas.

 

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