Almarin Phillips (March 13, 1925 in

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– August 26, 2006 in

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) was an

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specializing in

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and professor emeritus of public policy, economics and law at

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universitie ...

. Phillips joined the Penn faculty in 1963, teaching economic courses at the

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and antitrust courses at the

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. Additionally, he served as dean of the former School of Public and Urban Policy in the 1970s, and later chaired the faculty Senate. After retiring in 1991, Phillips served as chairman of the board of Econsult Corp., a Philadelphia economic-consulting firm. After five years, he stepped down as chairman, but continued as an academic affiliate of the firm.• Sally A. Downey, 2006.
Almarin Phillips, 81, professor
" philly.com, article collections, September 1.
• 2006. "Almarin Phillips, Leading Academic and Forensic Economist, Dies at 81," ''Wharton Journal'', Sept. 9, p. 20

• Econsult Corporation, 2006
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. Phillips was the author, coauthor, or editor of numerous books and articles. In 1960 he was elected as a

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, accessed 2016-07-23. A decorated World War II veteran, he died of pancreatic cancer in 2006.

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