Alfred Chandler 1918-2007

A heavyweight champ, at five foot two

Special Report on Milton Friedman, The Economist, Nov 25th 2006

Perhaps Mr Friedman became not only a great economist but also an influential one because he had a love of argument. As a boy he liked to make himself heard.

Arthur Seldon 1916-2006

Jack Simplot

The Economist, June 14th  2008

Next came farming and a half share in a machine that sorted potatoes. Unwilling to let Jack rent the machine out, his partner, who was “about half alcoholled up”, agreed to see outright ownership settled by the toss of a coin. Jack won. Mass sorting then began,

Peter Bauer: 1915-2002

The Rat House

Don Lavoie: 1951-2001

|Don Lavoie.org | Ronn Neff

Alexander Shand: 1921-2001

John Shand

Aaron Director 1901-2004

Richard Ebeling | Uni of Chicago | Indy Star

Gerard Debreu 1921-2005

San Francisco Chronicle