ANN ARBOR, MI — Bubbly, friendly and ‘an injection of adrenaline’ are some of the many ways John Leahy’s colleagues described him.
Leahy, who served in a join professorship appointment between the UM Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and the economics department, generously gave his time to colleagues and students and brought an optimistic, positive energy to the University of Michigan, they said.
“Leahy is one of those very few people who had a profound impact on how I work,” Christopher House, professor of economics at UM, said. “Mathematically, he was probably one of the most gifted people I’ve ever interacted with.”…