Remembering luminary leaders Stewart M. Lee and E. Scott Maynes.(EDITORIAL PRELUDE)

Publication: Journal of Consumer Affairs

Publication Date: 22-MAR-08

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COPYRIGHT 2008 American Council on Consumer Interests

To live in the hearts we leave behind is not to die.

--Thomas Campbell

The American Council on Consumer Interests (ACCI) lost two notable leaders last year--Stewart M. Lee and E. Scott Maynes--whose significant and unique contributions created a lasting legacy for our profession.

Stewart M. Lee, professor emeritus of economics at Geneva College, died on July 31, 2007. Stewart is perhaps best remembered for his passionate belief that consumers' lot in the marketplace can be vastly improved through education and advocacy. Stewart coauthored a widely used and well-regarded consumer economics textbook, first with Leland Gordon (Gordon and Lee 1972) and later with Mel Zelenak (Lee and Zelenak 1982). In addition to serving as a member of the Consumers Union Board of Directors, he was appointed to several government panels, including the...

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