One of the Population Association of America’s (PAA) most steadfast supporters, one of demography’s most productive scholars, and one of his generation’s most generous mentors, Professor John E. Knodel, died on January 10, 2024, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, from aspiration pneumonia and congestive heart failure. He was 83 years old.
John was born on July 25, 1940, in Mt. Vernon, New York, to Henry and Edna Knodel. John had one sibling, Richie, who died in 2005. John’s first marriage, to Erica Wesseling, ended in divorce in 1984. John was married to his second wife, Chanpen Saengtienchai, from 1992 until his death. John had no children.
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