Jozef M. van Brabant

Jozef M. van Brabant
Born
Jozef Martin Paul van Brabant

(1942-11-05)5 November 1942
Died18 October 2006(2006-10-18) (aged 63)
Nationality Belgium
CitizenshipBelgium
Alma materKatholieke Universiteit van Leuven (Lic.); Belgium
Yale University (M.A.), (Ph.D.)
OccupationEconomist
Employer(s)United Nations Secretariat, New York
Spouse
Miyuki van Brabant née Yokoyama
(m. 1968⁠–⁠2006)
[1]
ChildrenKatja J. Stevens (née Brabant)
Anja J. Smith (née Brabant)
Parent(s)Leon Elise van Brabant (father)
Victorina van Brabant (née Jeral) (mother)

Jozef Martin Paul van Brabant (5 November 1942 – 18 October 2006) was a Belgian economist. He was Principal Economic Affairs Officer at the Secretariat of the United Nations in New York.[2] His major academic interest had been in the economics of the planned and transition economies of Eastern Europe and in the economic aspects of the remaking Europe.

Life

Van Brabant was born on 5 November 1942 in Hasselt, Belgium to Leon Elise and Victorina (née Jeral) van Brabant.[2] After completing his undergraduate studies in business, economics, philosophy, mathematics and teaching at the Katholieke Universiteit van Leuven in Belgium, Jozef M. van Brabant went to the US and received a M.A. degree in Russian and Eastern European Studies in 1967 and a Ph.D. degree in Economics from Yale University in 1973.[3][2][4]

After a brief academic career in Belgium and Germany he joined the United Nations Secretariat in New York in 1975 and retired in the first years of the 21st century as one of its Principal Economic Affairs Officers. He was noted for his quasi-academic career, which included delivering lectures and participation in conferences in Europe, America and Asia. He also taught at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. Jozef van Brabant was widely regarded as economic expert on Eastern Europe. In his free time he wrote and published extensively on the centrally planned economies in Eastern Europe, their so-called annus mirabilis of 1989, their transition to market economies and integration with the European Union. Van Brabant was the author of seventeen books and more than 200 articles in American and European academic journals and collected volumes.[4]

Van Brabant never became a US citizen and was a staunch supporter of European integration. He was survived by his wife, Miyuki van Brabant (née Yokoyama),[1] a retired librarian, two daughters, and four grandchildren.[1]

Selected bibliography

References

  1. ^ a b c "Alumni News: Miyuki van Brabant (née Yokoyama) Am.S.Dipl '68 November 13, 1936 (Tokyo, Japan) – April 30, 2017 (Rochester, NY)" (PDF). Smith College Diploma in American Studies Alumni Newsletter. July 2017. p. 9. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Olendorf, Donna C., ed. (1994). "van Brabant, Jozef M(artin) 1942-". Contemporary Authors: A Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Current Writers in Fiction, General Nonfiction, Poetry, Journalism, Drama, Motion Pictures, Television, and Other Fields. Vol. 141. Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research Company. p. 454. ISBN 0-8103-5551-5. Retrieved 21 March 2019 – via Internet Archive.
  3. ^ "In Memoriam Recent Alumni Deaths". Yale Alumni Magazine. May–June 2008.
  4. ^ a b Brabant, Jozef M. van, ed. (1999). Remaking Europe: The European Union and the Transition Economies (1 ed.). Lanham, Boulder, New York, Oxford: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Inc. pp. 267–268. ISBN 9780847693245. Retrieved 27 April 2016.