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WOLLMAN -- NATHANIEL Who lived in Albuquerque from 1948 until 2008, passed away peacefully in Lewiston, Maine, on June 10, 2012. He was born May 15, 1915 in Philadelphia, where he grew up. On graduating from high school, he enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania. After one year at Penn, a close friend and a golf course lured him to Pennsylvania State University, from which he received the B.A. in Economics. He received a Ph.D. in Economics from Princeton University in 1940. In 1939, Nathaniel married Lenora Levin, also of Philadelphia. That year he also became a member of the faculty of Colorado College. During World War II Nathaniel served first as a senior business economist in the Office of Price Administration and then in 1943 enlisted in the Navy. While on active duty, Nathaniel developed a deep attachment to and admiration for the Navy. At the end of the war, rather than leaving the Navy altogether, he stayed on as an officer in the Naval Reserve, from which he retired in 1968 at the rank of Lieutenant Commander. In 1948, the Wollmans, now with two young sons, moved to Albuquerque, where Nathaniel joined the faculty of the Department of Economics of the University of New Mexico. He served as chair of the Department from 1960 to 1969. In 1969 he was appointed Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, a position he held until his retirement from the University in 1980. Following his retirement from the University, he cared lovingly for his wife Lenora, who had Alzheimer's disease, until her death in 1994. In 2008, when he was no longer able to live independently, he moved to Maine to live with his younger son and daughter-in-law. Throughout the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, Nathaniel conducted research in the economics of natural resources and the emerging field of environmental economics. His specialty was water resources. In 1960 he authored the report Water Supply and Demand, a section of a comprehensive analysis of water resources activities prepared under the direction of the Senate Select Committee on National Water Resources. During the 1970s he was a member of both the Environmental Studies Board and the Board on Mineral and Energy Resources of the National Research Council, the research arm of the National Academy of Sciences. In 1973 he directed the preparation of the report Man, Materials, and Environment. This report, requested by and prepared for the National Commission on Materials Policy, assessed the mutual influences of national materials policy and national environmental policy. Nathaniel's publications during these years also include three books: one on New Mexico water resources, one on U.S. national water resources, and one on the water resources of Chile. Having discovered the magic of New Mexico in 1948, Nathaniel never wanted to live elsewhere. During the 1950s, he, his wife Lenora, and their two sons spent one month every summer in a small cabin on a pristine trout stream above 9,000 feet in the mountains of north central New Mexico. He loved fly fishing, and it became a family activity. Well into his seventies he could still be found heading into remote regions of northern New Mexico in search of trout. Nathaniel also loved golf, and it too became a family activity. Into his nineties he was a fixture on his favorite Albuquerque golf course. Nathaniel is survived by his son and daughter-in-law Stephen and Patricia Wollman of Staten Island, NY, and their son Joseph Wollman of Ann Arbor, MI; his son and daughter-in-law Eric Wollman and Patricia Buls of Lewiston, Maine, and their daughters Rose Wollman of Bloomington, Indiana, and Lila Wollman of St. Petersburg, Florida; and his brother Milton Wollman of Philadelphia. Nathaniel's sister Grace Wollman Kunstler died in 1987. Nathaniel was a loving and caring person, dedicated to his family, to his profession, and to his responsibilities as a citizen. He will be buried beside his wife Lenora in Santa Fe National Cemetery. Services will be held in the cemetery at 11:15 AM on Monday, July 23, 2012, with Rabbi Paul Citrin officiating. To view information or leave a condolence, please visit: www.danielsfuneral.com Daniels Family Funeral Svs 1100 Coal Ave. SE Albuquerque, NM 87106 (505) 842-8800
        Published on: Sun July 15, 2012