Obituaries

Mr. Wolfe worked at Goldman Sachs, Prudential Securities, E-Bond Trade.com, Merrill Lynch and ButcherMark Financial Advisors. He also led the Illinois Health Facilities Authority and had advisory roles for the city of Phoenix, New York City Health and Hospitals Corp. and Dartmouth College.

"His key role in the financial rescue of New York City following its near-bankruptcy in 1975 set Dick on a nearly five-decade path making sure such an event would never happen again in the city and elsewhere," said William Glasgall of the Volcker Alliance.

Fernandez was a veteran municipal bond attorney who spent nearly 67 years at Hawkins, Delafield & Wood LLP before his retirement in 2017.

The co-founder of the public finance practice at the firm that still bears his name has died at 96. He helped set the firms on its path to success.

Maurice "Mossie" Murphy Jr. died after a three-year battle with cancer.

Laurence Msall who built the Chicago Civic Federation into a fiscal research powerhouse over the last two decades, died Saturday at 61.

Most recently a California deputy treasurer, Schaefer was a trader, a banker and advisor with a deep legacy as a municipal bond market expert and mentor.

The Bond Buyer takes a look back and remembers those in the public finance industry who died in 2022.

Edward Bedore, who managed city finances under by Mayor Richard J. and Richard M. Daley, died this month at 84. Bedore is also remembered for promoting the Summer Business Institute.

Frasca achieved national prominence as an expert in advising governments on capital development at airports and was one of the earliest proponents of public-private partnerships.