Wagstaff, ‘father of the economics department,’ dies
By Kerry M. King (’85), Wake Forest MagazinePhoto by Lee Reunion J. Van Wagstaff amassed a number of noteworthy accomplishments during his 28 years on the faculty, but his most rewarding achievement, he once said, was teaching more than 6,000 students. Leave it to an economist to tally the number of students who took his…