Lester Lave, Visionary Economist

摘要

Lester B. Lave, a leading applied economist on the faculty of Carnegie Mellon University, passed away at his home on May 9, 2011. This was a major loss to all of us who knew him and to the entire Environmental Science & Technology (ES&T) community. It may seem odd that an economist working primarily in a business school could be so important to the ES&T community, but Lave was both prolific and visionary with his interdisciplinary contributions. This perspective is intended not to provide a complete biography of Lave, but to appreciate the inception and role of his interdisciplinary contributions to ES&T,