MICHAEL J. BRENNAN

MICHAEL J. BRENNAN, 79, professor of Economics emeritus, died Nov. 26, 2007. A graduate of DePaul University, he received a master’s degree and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He then joined the faculty of Brown University, where he became professor of economics and dean of the graduate school. In 1974 he came to Wesleyan, where he was vice president for academic affairs until 1978, when he joined the Economics faculty and served there, including as department Chair, until his retirement in 1993. He was interested primarily in quantitative methods in economics, and he worked with numerous professional organizations, both academic and administrative.