Professor Subbiah Kannappan was born June 8, 1927. After receiving his PhD from the University of Chicago in 1959, he worked as the Director of Research for Xavier Labor Relations Research Institute before starting at MSU as Assistant Professor in the fall of 1961. In his early years here, Professor Kannappan had a joint appointment in the Department of Economics and the School of Labor and Industrial Relations. His research focused on urban labor markets in developing countries. Accomplishments included publication of the book “Employment Problems and the Urban Labor Market in Developing Nations” in 1983, and a Senior Fulbright Scholarship in 1985. Professor Kannappan retired from MSU in the summer of 1999.