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Saffran memorial to be held tomorrow

BY BENJAMIN BRADLOW

In print | January 27, 2005

A memorial service for economics professor Bernard Saffran will be held tomorrow at the Swarthmore Friends Meeting House at 4 pm.

The service will feature a number of speakers, including College President Al Bloom, according to Vice President Maurice Eldridge ’61.

After these speakers there will be an opportunity for anyone who wishes to speak as well.

Except for the speakers who will open the memorial, “is very similar to the way a Quaker Meeting would happen,” Eldridge said.After the service a reception is planned to be held in the Whittier Room.

Saffran, who taught at Swarthmore for 37 years, died of a heart attack Nov. 29, 2004, while visiting family in Montreal.

The Franklin and Betty Barr professor of economics, he was well known for his regular column called “Recommendations for Further Reading,” which was published in the Journal of Economic perspectives.

Saffran also served on the President’s Council of Economic Advisers in 1971 – 72 as Senior Staff Economist.He is survived by a daughter and two grandchildren.

The memorial service is being planned by the economics department.

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