Stephen W. Welch

Mr. Welch, as we called him, taught my Introduction to Economics course when I was a first year student at Kenyon, many years ago. He was a wonderful, energetic, inspiring teacher, and a thoughtful and kind person. About a month after I entered college, my parents came to visit. One night they took me out to dinner at a local restaurant. As we were finishing, Mr. Welch walked in and as he passed our table, he smiled and greeted me with, "Hi, Jimmy," as I was then called. I was both...

Gifted, dedicated, caring, and irreplaceable SUNY College @ Fredonia Economics professor. I had him for the Fall 1975 semester.

He was full of mental energy, made you think, and cared for his students. He took us out for drinks at the Campus Center one cold December night after having run a final exam review session on his own time. Two years later, he became the Acting Bus Admin and Economics Department Chair as no one else wanted the job, and there was high faculty turnover. He...