FRED SANDERSON was an economist with the Department of State for 28 years, served on two presidential commissions, and was a recipient of the Rockefeller Public Service Award. He was a Senior Fellow at Resources for the Future, National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy and the Brookings Institution. He authored several articles and books, including Trends and Prospects in India (1980) and Japan’s Food Prospects and Policies (1978). He was also the editor of Agricultural Protectionism in the Industrialized World.
In 1973, Sanderson began teaching European economics at SAIS and was intensely proud of the school, stating at one point that it is “the best school of international affairs anywhere; none other equals SAIS in scope, quality, or influence.” In 2000 he was awarded The Heritage Award which honors alumni and friends of Johns Hopkins who have contributed outstanding service over an extended period to the progress of the University or the activities of the Alumni Association. He remained a friend of SAIS until his death in 2010.
CARLOS A. VEGH is the Fred H. Sanderson Professor of International Economics at Johns Hopkins University, where he is jointly appointed in the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, DC and the Department of Economics in the Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences (KSAS) in Baltimore. He is also a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and Chief Editor of Economia (the journal of the Latin-American and Caribbean Economic Association, LACEA).