Eli Ginzberg

GINZBERG-Eli, Ph.D. It is with profound sympathy that the faculty, students, alumni and staff of Columbia's Mailman School of Public Health remember Eli Ginzberg; a friend, mentor and role model to countless members of our faculty and students. For the past 25 years, Dr. Ginzberg taught a much loved course on the ``Political Economy of Health Care'' in our Department of Health Policy and Management. Never missing or canceling a class, Dr. Ginzberg greeted his students with unbridled optimism. He enjoyed a wide ranging career and during the decades from the 1940's to the early 1980's he advised the administrations of nine presidents, from FDR to Ronald Reagan. He authored over 100 books, his most recent being ``U.S. Health Care and the Supply of Physicians'' published earlier this year. We will greatly miss his wise counsel, dedication and friendship. Allan Rosenfield, MD Dean