The 2016 IUSSP Laureate ceremony for Ron LeeWashington, D.C., 30 March 2016
IUSSP President, Anastasia Gage presented the IUSSP Laureate Award to Ron Lee at the Population Association of America’s Annual Meeting in Washington DC on 30 March 2015 to a room packed with Ron Lee’s colleagues, friends and former students who came to offer their congratulations and listen to some humorous as well as erudite tributes to Ron Lee’s work.
The session began with a symposia chaired by Jacques Vallin, which included presentations by David Lam, Andrew Mason, and Jennifer Johnson-Hanks. David Lam reviewed Ron Lee’s work on Economic-Demographic Interactions in Historical Perspective based on innovative analyses of historical data from pre-industrial England, while Andrew Mason covered Lee’s work on Intergenerational Transfers and National Transfer Account, and Jennifer Johnson Hanks, in a presentation entitled Reflections in Honor of Ron Lee: “Time and Fertility” eloquently analyzed Ron Lee’s gift for integrating synchronic and diachronic perspectives in his work.
We also heard of Ron’s gentle smile and his fierce game of tennis. A number of Ron’s former students ended the ceremony by giving their own short testimonials to Ron Lee’s impact on their work and careers. The evening was a touching tribute to a great scholar and gentle man who has contributed greatly to the fields of demography and economics through his own work and that of his students.
If you have a mentor or colleague who is an IUSSP member and has made significant contributions to the field, and would like to see him or her receive a similar honor, consider nominating them for the 2017 and 2018 IUSSP Laureate Award.
Symposium on Ronald Lee's Contributions to Demography Chair: Jacques Vallin, Institut national d’études démographiques
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