Wellesley To Hold Memorial Celebration of Life for Karl "Chip" Case

WELLESLEY, Mass. - Following the passing of Karl "Chip" Case on June 15th, 2016, the Case family and the Wellesley College community will gather on Sunday, October 23rd, 2016 from 2:00-4:00 PM in the Dorothy Towne Fieldhouse at Wellesley College.

If you are able to join in the memorial celebration, please RSVP to the event here: http://goo.gl/xKLt0t

Chip had a long and distinguished career at Wellesley, where he taught for 34 years and held the Katherine Coman and A. Barton Hepburn Chair in Economics. Chip was a world-renowned expert in the areas of real estate, housing, and public finance and was the author of five books and numerous articles in professional journals. As accomplished a scholar and economist as Chip was, faculty colleagues confirm that he always thought of himself, first and foremost, as a teacher of Wellesley students. They say that Chip inspired thousands of students to major in economics. 

He was also an extraordinary fan of Wellesley athletics, a voluble one-man cheering squad for the basketball, volleyball, and tennis teams, among others. Chip is shown here following Wellesley Basketball's 1993 ECAC Championship Victory at Middlebury with (L to R) Liza Janssen Petra '94, Margaret Driscoll '93, and former Wellesley assistant coach Sara Lillevand.