Lowell E. Gallaway (1930-2019) was Distinguished Professor of Economics and Faculty Associate in the Contemporary History Institute at Ohio University. He received his Ph.D. in economics from Ohio State University and he has been Staff Economist at the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress; Chief, Analytic Studies Section at the Social Security Administration; Visiting Professor at the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill), University of Minnesota, University of New South Wales, University of Texas (Arlington), and Lund University; Associate Professor at the University of Pennsylvania; and Assistant Professor at San Fernando Valley State College and Colorado State University.