Edgar M. Hoover was Distinguished Service Professor of Economics, Emeritus, University of Pittsburgh. He retired in 1972 and is now deceased. He received his A.B., A.M., and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard University, and in 1976 received an honorary Litt. D. from the University of Glasgow. He taught at the University of Michigan and Harvard University, and served with the National Resources Planning Board, the Office of Price Administration, and the Council of Economic Advisers. From 1959 to 1963 he was director of the economic study of the Pittsburgh region for the Pittsburgh Regional Planning Association, and in 1962 was president of the Regional Science Association. He served as economic consultant to various government agencies, foundations, research institutes, and business firms. Professor Hoover authored several books including: Location Theory and the Shoe and Leather Industries (1937) and The Location of Economic Activity (1948), and coauthored Population Growth and Economic Development in Low-Income Countries (1958) and Anatomy of a Metropolis (1959). His articles and reviews have appeared in a number of professional journals.