Allen Charles Kelley (September 5, 1937 – December 9, 2017) was an American economist who taught at

University of Wisconsin–Madison A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United Stat ...

and later Duke University, where he was James B. Duke Professor of Economics. Born in

Everett, Washington Everett is the county seat and largest city of Snohomish County, Washington, United States. It is north of Seattle and is one of the main cities in the metropolitan area and the Puget Sound region. Everett is the seventh-largest city in the ...

, Kelley enrolled at

Linfield College Linfield University is a private university with campuses in McMinnville, and Portland, Oregon. Linfield Wildcats athletics participates in the NCAA Division III Northwest Conference. Linfield reported a combined 1,755 students after the fal ...

before transferring to Stanford University, where he joined

Phi Beta Kappa The Phi Beta Kappa Society () is the oldest academic honor society in the United States, and the most prestigious, due in part to its long history and academic selectivity. Phi Beta Kappa aims to promote and advocate excellence in the liberal ...

. He earned a doctorate in economics from Stanford in 1964. He then joined the faculty of the

, moving to Duke University in 1973. Kelley chaired Duke's Department of Economics from 1974 to 1980, and was eventually named James B. Duke Professor of Economics. Kelley's research interests included the modeling of computational general equilibrium. He developed the Teaching Information Processing System while in Madison, and continued using the technological program to teach economic principles at Duke. Additionally, Kelley sought endowment funds for first-year doctoral students in economics at Duke. He died at the age of 80 on December 9, 2017.

References

1937 births 2017 deaths People from Everett, Washington University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty Duke University faculty Stanford University faculty Linfield University alumni Educators from Washington (state) Economists from Washington (state) {{US-economist-stub