Head and shoulders image of Peter C. Dooley, Department of Economics.

Bio/Historical Note: Peter C. Dooley received a B.A. in 1959 from Grinnell College (Iowa) and a Ph.D. in Economics in 1964 from Cornell University, earning several prestigious fellowships to support his studies. He spent most of his professional career at the University of Saskatchewan, from 1966 until he retired in 2005. He wrote several textbooks on economics, including Elementary Price Theory (1967, 1973) and Introductory Macroeconomics (1975). Dooley pursued an active research program on the history of economic thought, publishing regularly throughout his career and into his retirement. His final book, The Labour Theory of Value, was published in 2005. Dooley was also a Visiting Scholar at the University of Cambridge, Visiting Senior Fellow at the University of Stirling, Visiting Professor at the University of Venice and Visiting Fellow at the University of Glasgow. He lectured across Canada and abroad, and worked at various times as an author, researcher, labour negotiator, economic consultant and advisor. He was a member of the Canadian Economics Association, the American Economics Association, the History of Economics Society and the Royal Economics Society. Dooley was extremely active in the University's Faculty Association where he developed a reputation as a fierce defender of the underdog and a highly effective negotiator. He served on numerous university committees and a lengthy term as President of the Faculty Association. The Canadian Association of University Teachers honoured his contributions with its Dedicated Service Award. Dooley died in Saskatoon in 2012.