John A. Sawyer, R.I.P.
by Rob - December 31st, 2018.Filed under: R.I.P..
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My father, John A. Sawyer, Ph.D., passed away at the age of 94 on Monday, December 17, 2018, at his retirement residence in North York, Ontario, Canada. The following death notice / obituary appeared in The Globe and Mail and The Toronto Star:
Sawyer, John A. (Jack)Always a teacher, at his request his body has been donated to the U of T medical school; also at his request, there will be no funeral.Died December 17, 2018
Professor Emeritus (Economics), University of Toronto.
Born in Toronto (August 24, 1924), the son of Arthur J. and Bessie (Livingstone) Sawyer.
Married to Virginia (Peterson) Sawyer and father of Peter D. Sawyer (Jacquie), Robert J. Sawyer (Carolyn), and Alan B. Sawyer (Kim).
Graduate of Oakwood Collegiate Institute, the University of Toronto (Victoria College, Commerce & Finance, 4T7), and the University of Chicago.
John was an Economist at the Dominion Bureau of Statistics (1953-60). He taught Economics at the University of Alberta (1949-50), the Royal Military College of Canada (1951-53), and the University of Toronto (1960-90). He was Director of the Institute for Policy Analysis (1975-80) and Acting Dean of the Faculty of Management (1985-86) at the University of Toronto.
At the Dominion Bureau of Statistics he directed the construction of the first inter-industry input-output table of the Canadian economy. At the University of Toronto he led the team that built the TRACE econometric model of the Canadian economy. He wrote two textbooks on macroeconomic theory and a number of articles, including a history of business education at the University of Toronto.
In lieu of flowers, a donation to your favourite health science charity would be appreciated.
Robert J. Sawyer online:
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