David F. Bradford, 66; Economics Professor Advised 3 Presidents
David F. Bradford, 66, a Princeton University economics professor and former presidential advisor, died Tuesday of injuries suffered in a recent fire at his home in Princeton, N.J.
An expert on taxation issues, Bradford served under Presidents Ford, Reagan and George H.W. Bush. He was a member of Bush’s Council of Economic Advisors from 1991 to 1993 and was deputy assistant secretary for tax policy in the Treasury Department in 1975 and 1976.
While at Treasury, Bradford played a key role in the study that resulted in the publication of “Blueprints for Basic Tax Reform,” regarded as a precursor to the major income tax reforms enacted in 1986.
A native of Cambridge, Mass., Bradford graduated from Amherst College in 1960 and earned a master’s in applied mathematics from Harvard and a doctorate in economics from Stanford.
At the time of his death, he was a professor of economics and public affairs at Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School.
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