In Memoriam: Professor Jan M. Hoem
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Jan Hoem died on Saturday in Stockholm after a long illness. Jan became Director of
the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) in 1999; he and I jointly
led the Institute for almost eight years. During this period he served as Editor of
Demographic Research; he took on this responsibility shortly after the journal was
launched and built the journal into a respected online source of cutting-edge analysis.
Jan was a superb colleague, with very good judgment, a delightful sense of humor,
and deep devotion to research quality. A pioneer of event history analysis, he understood
the subtleties of the subject better than anyone else. Jan was born and educated in
Norway and worked in Oslo before becoming Professor in Copenhagen and then Professor
in Stockholm, where he established SUDA, a leading demographic research initiative.
His dedication to high-quality, statistically sophisticated population research at
SUDA and MPIDR as well as in the journal Demographic Research substantially advanced
the discipline of demography. Jan was a warm and generous teacher, a loyal colleague,
and a caring friend whom many people will long remember with gratitude and respect.
James W. Vaupel Publisher, Demographic Research
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