Well known black conservative/libertarian commentator and economist Walter E. Williams, Ph.D. passed away in the early hours of this morning. He was 83.
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Dr. Walter E. Williams holds a B.A. in economics from California State University, Los Angeles, and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in economics from UCLA. He also holds a Doctor of Humane Letters from Virginia Union University and Grove City College, Doctor of Laws from Washington and Jefferson College and Doctor Honoris Causa en Ciencias Sociales from Universidad Francisco Marroquin, in Guatemala, where he is also Professor Honorario. Dr. Williams has served on the faculty of George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, and remained there up until his death. He has also served as a John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics since 1980, from 1995 to 2001 as department chairman. He was part of the faculties of other distinguished colleges and universities such as: Los Angeles City College, California State University Los Angeles, Temple University, and Grove City College in Pennsylvania.
As a fellow of several conservative think tanks like the Hoover Institution and the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER), he published books and booklets on a wide variety of subjects covering economics, civil liberties, race, and federalism. His last three booklets: Up from the Projects: An Autobiography, (Stanford: Hoover Institution Press, 2010), Race and Economics: How Much Can Be Blamed on Discrimination? (Stanford: Hoover Institution Press, 2011), and American Contempt for Liberty (Stanford: Hoover Institution Press, 2015) are still in wide press.
Resquiscat In Pace.