Obituaries

The Bond Buyer takes a look back and remembers the men and women in the public finance industry who died this year.

He was remembered for an evenhanded persona amid a tumultuous term from 1990 to 1993.

Johnsen, 67, had served as a board member of the National Association of Municipal Advisors. He retired in 2018 as a principal of Fieldman, Rolapp & Associates.

David Hartley, who died in July at 92, was managing partner of Stone & Youngberg when he retired in 1991.

Illinois' longest serving governor, James R. Thompson, died Friday due to heart complications.

The family of Alan Anders is holding a virtual memorial on Saturday, July 11, the day that he was born.

Colleagues admired Sitzer, who died Saturday, for his deep knowledge of the industry, his relationships and his personal touch.

City officials and muni leaders remembered him as a passionate force behind bond issuance and a champion of career initiatives for youths.

Brodsky, who died of suspected complications from COVID-19, is remembered as a tenacious public official and a skilled debater.

He served a third of his career as a senior managing director of Citi’s Institutional Clients Group, a role from which he retired in June 2019.