Memorial service scheduled for James Stemble Duesenberry April 8

A service in memory of James Stemble Duesenberry, the William Joseph Maier Professor of Money and Banking Emeritus, will take place at the Memorial Church on April 8 at 2 p.m. A reception will follow at Loeb House at 17 Quincy St. All are welcome to attend.

Duesenberry, who died Oct. 5, 2009, was an authority on monetary policy and served as a member of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers under Lyndon B. Johnson from 1966 to 1968. He was also the chair of the Department of Economics at Harvard from 1972 to 1977.