ARTHUR T. DIETZ ’44

ARTHUR T. DIETZ, the president of ATD Advisory Corporation, the founder of Emory University?s Master of Business Administration program, and a former faculty member in the economics and social science department at Wesleyan, died Oct. 15, 2008, at age 84. After interrupting his studies to serve in the U.S. Army during World War II, he received his degree with honors and with high distinction in economics. A member of Eclectic, he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He received his master’s and Ph.D. from Princeton University. Before being recruited to start Emory’s MBA program, he taught at Wesleyan, Princeton, and Amherst, and he became a full professor at Emory at age 35. He served as chairman of the Finance Department at Emory and retired in 1988 as a professor of finance and banking. In retirement, he co–founded Strategic Portfolio Management and founded ATD Advisory Corporation. An avid tennis player, he played until he was 81. He is survived by his wife, Margie Lee Dietz, three daughters, four grandchildren, and three great–grandchildren.