Marina von Neumann Whitman, a former faculty member in the Department of Economics, has passed away. Whitman began as an instructor at Pitt in 1962 and became a Distinguished Public Service Professor of Economics in 1973. She became one of the highest-ranking women in corporate America while working at General Motors and was also the first woman to serve on the White House Council of Economic Advisers. Whitman was 90. You can read more about her life and legacy here.