Edward James Kane

In honor of the one-year anniversary of his passing, I'd like to add another anecdote. Professor Kane was my PhD dissertation advisor at Ohio State. As I discussed in my guest book submission last year, after a year during which I continued to research my topic, Professor Kane refused to speak to me until I turned in a chapter. I was upset about this at the time, but I'm not sure I would have completed my PhD otherwise. When I handed in my dissertation proposal, it was returned with so much...

Ed was a very thoughtful mentor to all his students. As the holiday season nears, I remember his Annual Wine Tasting event at the Karoon Restaurant in Newton. Every year late fall as the holiday season neared; he invited all the graduate students to a Wine Tasting event at the Karoon Restaurant. For me and for many international graduate students, this was the highlight of the holiday season. Thank you Ed for the wonderful memories.

Dear Professor Kane, you are the professor that I learned most when I was in the States. Thank you for your teaching and miss you forever.

What a wonderful professor Dr. Kane was. An inspiring individual. I was a student of his in the 1980´s; we connected again in the early 2000´s. I made a few comments about his research; lo and behold, a few months later I was mentioned in his footnotes for my "contribution ". He was a many of high integrity and is a great loss to this world

Please accept my sincere condolences. Prof. Ed is a national treasure. The cartons in his PowerPoint are memorable, and I recall I had a good memory in Tucson, AZ.

I was fortunate to have Ed as my PhD supervisor at Ohio State University in the 1970s. Ed was an excellent teacher, advisor, and mentor. He cared deeply about his students. Ed was a great economist and a wonderful human being. My deep condolences to his family. Varouj Aivazian