Remembering Professor Emeritus George Kaufman

An archival photo of George Kaufman sitting in his office surrounded by books and papers

In June 2021, colleagues, friends, and family gathered for a virtual celebration of the life and legacy of Professor Emeritus George Kaufman. He passed away on June 25, 2020, at his home in Chicago.

He was a renowned economist, researcher for and consultant to the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, economist who served Presidents Gerald R. Ford and Jimmy Carter, and the John F. Smith Professor of Economics and Finance at Loyola University Chicago.

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More about Professor Kaufman

George Kaufman's full obituary →
Wall Street Journal: George Kaufman Urged Regulators to Crack Down on Wobbly Banks →
Crain's Chicago Business: George Kaufman, Loyola guru on bank successes and failures, dies at 87 →
Oral history of the Quinlan School of Business featuring George Kaufman →