Aubrey “Dale” Tussing, 88, of Syracuse, died March 25 following a long illness.
He was born in Grants Pass, Oregon, and moved with his family to California in the 1940′s. He married his wife Ann (Underhill) in 1955.
Tussing received his bachelor’s degree in economics in 1956 from San Francisco State College. In 1958, the family moved to Syracuse. While working as a graduate student at Syracuse University, his superior writing and research skills attracted notice and he was offered a faculty position.
In 1964, Tussing earned his doctorate in economics from Syracuse University. He served as a professor at the university from 1966 until his retirement as Professor Emeritus in 2008.
A specialist in health economics, poverty and Marxian economics, Tussing wrote “groundbreaking reports on the educational and health systems in Ireland.” He was still mentioned in “The Irish Times” as late as 2017, when an article referenced a book he co-authored in 2006, “How Ireland Cares”.
Tussing and a friend participated in the 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. march in Washington D.C. through the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). He and his wife became active in the civil rights movement, working with CORE and standing with the Onondaga Nation when a highway threatened to encroach on native lands.
In 2013, Tussing was featured in a PBS video of those who recalled the march.
Other causes that he and his wife supported were speaking out against war and migrant workers’ rights.
For decades, Tussing and his family occupied the Gridley House, one of the oldest homes in Syracuse. The home received Town of Onondaga Historical status in 2010.
There will be a memorial service at 5 p.m. April 15 at Hendricks Chapel, Syracuse University, 121 Crouse Drive, Syracuse.
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You may contact Sharon Dellinger by phone at 315-282-8675 or email.
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