Enid M. Fogel

Enid M. Fogel, retired associate dean of students at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, died Sunday, September 2, at the University of Chicago Medical Center. Mrs. Fogel, 84, was a resident of Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. Her husband, Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert W. Fogel, credited her work as a researcher in helping him succeed in his career. Robert Fogel is the Charles R. Walgreen Distinguished Service Professor of American Institutions at the Graduate School of Business. At the time of her death, Mrs. Fogel and her husband were writing two books: Simon Kuznets and the Empirical Tradition in Economics and The Transformation of Economics, 1914-1980: Interviews with Economists. "Over the years, Enid has been both my most confident supporter and my keenest critic," Robert Fogel wrote in his autobiography posted on the Nobel Prize web site (www.nobelprize.org). "No individual has done more to help me pursue a career in science than my wife. When I was an assistant professor, she combined care of the children with many hours of unpaid labor as a research assistant in library archives. She helped boost my self-confidence when my unorthodox findings provoked controversy and criticism, and she often provided insightful suggestions for the improvement of my lectures, papers, books, letters, and research proposals." Every year, Mrs. Fogel and her husband hosted a dinner for all minority students at the Graduate School of Business. During the 1990s, they traveled to Europe and Asia on behalf of the University of Chicago to help call attention to the new executive MBA program offered on those continents. Earlier in her career Mrs. Fogel worked at Harvard University and the University of Rochester. In addition to her husband, survivors include sons Michael and Steven; daughter-in-law Suzanne; grandchildren Lisa, Andrew, and Rachel; brother Ned Morgan; and sister Marjorie Henry. She was preceded in death by a sister, Ismay Flynn. A memorial service will be scheduled for the fall. In lieu of flowers, the family encourages friends to make donations to the University of Chicago or a charity of their choosing. Letters of condolence should be sent care of: Center for Population Economics, The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, 5807 South Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637.