Dr. Takayama had held the chair as Vandeveer Professor since 1983 and had been a professor of economics since the early 1960s. He was listed in Who's Who in America for a long time and his concepts were included in the Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, wherein he expressed his desire for unifying the various theories of economics. His academic publications include Mathematical Economics (Cambridge University Press, 1985), International Trade (Dryden Press, 1972), and Analytical Methods in Economics (University of Michigan Press, 1995), in addition to his numerous articles in professional journals. He received the Best Book of the Year Award in Economics in Japan in 1974 and shared the Daeyang Prize in Korea in 1991 with one of his students. He was recognized as an international scholar and respected for his mathematical clarity. His textbooks were considered graduate school standards.

Dr. Takayama was a member of the faculties of University of Manchester, Minn., Rochester, Australian National University, University of Tokyo, Purdue University, Texas A&M University, University of Kyoto, Tulane, Brigham Young and International Christian Universities.

He was born in Yokohama, Japan. He earned his bachelors degree in economics at International Christian University in Tokyo, his Ph.D. in economics at the University of Rochester, N.Y., and his second doctorate in economics from Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo.

Private funeral services were held Jan. 4 in a chapel in Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. Memorial services will be held Feb. 4 at SIUC and March 2 in Tokyo.

Among his survivors are his wife of 25 years, Machiko Takayama, three brothers and a sister.

--Southern Illinoisan

February 2, 1996