William (“Bill”) George Edge

Big Bad Bill is sweet William now.

Unfinished Business in the Macroeconomics of Low Inflation: A Tribute to George and Bill by Bill and George

Unfinished Business in the Macroeconomics of Low Inflation: a Tribute to George and Bill by Bill and George

1 The retirement of George Perry and Bill Brainard gives us an opportunity to say publicly what we have often said privately: Brookings Papers is an important national institution. It is important because it has set the right tone for US macro policy. George and Bill are both Keynesians, not just in the narrow tradition of IS-LM models with Phillips Curves, but also in their broader methodologi...

William "Bill" Back: an incisive geochemist and a great mentor.

Introduction William ‘‘Bill’’ Back (Figure 1) was one of the great ‘‘idea people’’ in low-temperature geochemistry during the blossoming of ground water hydrology in the latter half of the twentieth century. Prior to the1950s, most of the research in ground water chemistry was related to water quality and was carried out by chemists who rarely ventured into the field. Bill, Ivan Barnes, Bruce H...

Recipient of the 2014 IETS Pioneer Award: William W. (Bill) Thatcher, MS, PhD.

Dr William W. Thatcher is a native of Baltimore-Perry Hall, Maryland. He developed a love for livestock when he spent part of his summers as a boy on his grandfather’s dairy farm. Dr Thatcher received his BS degree in Animal Husbandry from the University of Maryland in 1963, the MS degree from the University of Maryland under the direction of C. A. Kiddy in 1965, and the PhD degree in 1968 from...