[nfais-l] NFAIS Mourns death of Mary Kay Ackerman, Managing Editor, Journal of Economic Literature

[Bonnie Lawlor]

NFAIS mourns the passing of yet another long-standing member, Mary Kay
Ackerman, Managing Editor of the Journal of Economic Literature.  Mary Kay
passed away on August 9, 2013.  She had worked for the American Economic
Association for twenty-six years, joining the association's fledgling
publications staff in 1986 when it was housed in a small office near the
University of Pittsburgh. As an assistant editor, she handled print journals
and the association's widely-used database research tool, EconLit.  By the
time she was appointed Managing Editor of one of the association's flagship
journals, the Journal of Economic Literature, in 2004, Mary Kay had highly
developed expertise in all aspects of scholarly publishing and was an
invaluable asset to the editorial team and AEA management. Under her
stewardship, the Journal of Economic Literature remains one of the
highest-ranking journals among peer publications and is a mainstay of
higher-education economics programs around the world.

Mary Kay will be deeply missed by her colleagues in the Pittsburgh office
and Nashville headquarters staff, who all fondly recall her personal warmth
and genuine compassion for others.

 

Our condolences are sent to her family, friends, and many co-workers at AEA.

 

Bonnie Lawlor

NFAIS Executive Director

 

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blawlor at nfais.org

 

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