To the Editor:

In the Town Topics article “Princeton Professor Wins Nobel Prize” (page one, Oct. 14), four Princeton University winners of the prize in economics are listed. Professor W. Arthur Lewis is omitted from the list. In 1979, Sir Arthur Lewis “was awarded the Nobel Prize along with Theodore Schultz for ‘pioneering research into economic development with particular consideration of the problems of developing countries’.”

Biographer Princeton professor Robert Tignor described him as “one of the foremost intellectuals, economists, and political activists of the 20th century. Professor Lewis was “the first black person to win a Nobel Prize in a category other than literature or peace.”

I find the omission of Professor Lewis’s accomplishments puzzling. I imagine that many friends, colleagues, and family members of Sir Arthur and Gladys, Lady Lewis, and their daughters, Elizabeth and Barbara, would join me in requesting that this Princeton professor receive his due in print. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Cecełia B Hodges

Glenview Drive

Editor’s Note: The article in question was based on the Princeton University press release, which listed “several other Princeton faculty members who have received a Nobel Prize in economics in the last two decades.” Two other Nobel laureates not mentioned were visiting professor of economics Thomas Sargent, in 2011, and Eric S. Maskin, visiting lecturer with the rank of professor of economics, in 2007.