[URPE] For those of us who knew Chuck Craypo, very sad news

[Lane Vanderslice]

Charles Craypo, professor emeritus of economics at the University of Notre Dame, died Sunday.  He was 73.
A native of Jackson, Mich., Craypo served for two years in the
Marines before attending Michigan State University where he earned
bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in economics. He joined the
Notre Dame faculty in 1978 as an associate professor of economics
leaving in 1982 for Cornell University, where he was a professor of
industrial and labor relations until 1984. He returned that year to
Notre Dame to serve as chairman of the department of economics. In
1993, he became first director of Notre Dame’s Higgins Labor Studies Program, which supports research, teaching, discussion and publication on labor
and the economy based on Craypo’s premise that “an understanding that
social justice and efficiency are essential ingredients of a truly
successful economy.”
“I have known Chuck Craypo for almost 30 years,” said Charles K.
Wilber, professor emeritus of economics and Craypo’s predecessor as
Notre Dame’s economics chair. “In addition to being a first class
teacher, he did path-breaking research on labor relations within the
context of industrial organization. He was a great mentor to our
doctoral students, directing many dissertations and aiding the new
graduates to obtain excellent positions in academia, government and
labor organizations. He always had time for colleagues and students
alike. He will be sorely missed.”
Craypo was engaged in community-based research for many years,
writing and editing numerous books and articles on industrial and labor
relations and frequently testifying before federal legislative
committees including the U.S. House Committee on Labor; the Senate
Judiciary Committee; and the House Committee on Banking, Finance and
Urban Affairs. His study in the late 1980s of the effects of
de-industrialization in “Rust Belt” cities examined in particular the
closure of the Studebaker Corporation in South Bend. In the 1990s he
was commissioned by the United Way of St. Joseph County to conduct a
study of the “working poor,” the results of which were featured in a
widely viewed video production entitled “Climbing the Down Escalator.”
Chuck is survived by his wife, Mary, their son, Jack, their daughters, Carrie Leitzell and Sue Storms, and three granddaughters.
A private memorial service was held on March 24.  Condolences may be sent via an online guest book at www.hooverfuneralhome.com, and the family has asked that contributions in Craypo’s memory be made
to the Higgins Labor Studies Program, 511 Flanner Hall, Notre Dame, IN
46556.
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