Jim Memmott '64, a senior editor and columnist at the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, wrote about the legacy of the late Sidney Wertimer, long-time professor of economics at Hamilton, for a column in the paper (3/12/05). Memmott noted that Hamilton has been in the news lately because of the Ward Churchill speech controversy. Memmott wrote: "On Feb. 1, the college president canceled the speech, saying that death threats against her and Churchill raised serious issues of public safety.
"As it happened, on that same day, Sidney Wertimer, a longtime professor of economics at Hamilton, died. He was 84.
"For generations of Hamilton students, and certainly for me, that death was bigger news than the controversy surrounding Churchill.
"Controversies, however serious, come and go.
"Sidney Wertimer, on the other hand, had staying power," wrote Memmott.
