Obituaries

Craig Kahler, a public finance banker who specialized in school financings and served as head of his local school board, died after a month-long battle with COVID-19.

The Bond Buyer takes a look back and remembers those in the public finance industry who died in 2021.

White published three municipal bond textbooks and lectured extensively and served as an expert witness for municipal bond cases.

Robert "Bob" Thrun, who died this month aged 90, expanded the Thrun Law Firm's role in Michigan public finance law.

The Minneapolis native led the former independent financial advisory firm Evensen Dodge Inc. for more than three decades overseeing its expansion from a Minnesota-centric firm to a national one with offices on both coasts.

The New York City Housing Development Corp.'s chief operating officer, who died Friday, understood bond financing nuances and "connected people and ideas."

A municipal analyst for 43 years, Baker was head of MAGNY in 1993 and NFMA in 1997.

Weill was involved in the municipal bond insurance industry from its inception in the late 1960s, as well as the original entrepreneurial group that created MBIA and its predecessors.

PNC's Nicholas Falgione was a veteran banker remembered as an innovator among his peers.

Officials remembered him for his diligence and the respect he earned from both sides of the political aisle.