Rama Varma Ramachandran ’72 AM, ’75 PhD

Rama Varma Ramachandran ’72 AM, ’75 PhD, of Plano, Tex.; Apr. 30. He was an assistant professor of economics at Southern Methodist University and held the position of chairman of the Economics Department for four years. In 1985 he joined New York University as associate director of the Center for Japan-U.S. Business and Economic Studies. He moved to Texas in 2005 and assisted his wife, who was an author and food historian.