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Henry Rosovsky by Kris Snibbe

In Memoriam: Henry Rosovsky, Lewis P and Linda L Geyser University Professor, Emeritus 1927 - 2022

November 15, 2022

Henry Rosovsky, a member of the Harvard Economics Department since 1966, died on November 11, 2022, at the age of 95. Professor Rosovsky was a titan of academic administration, who had served as Department Chair, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and Acting President of Harvard University. He was a pioneering scholar of Japanese economic development, renowned for his wit, wisdom and warmth.

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