Hans C. Palmer (1933–2023) was an American economist. He was the Stedman-Sumner Professor of Economics and W.M. Keck Distinguished Service Professor at Pomona College in Claremont, California, where he taught from 1962 to 2008.[1] [2] He was also vice president and dean of the college for three years from 1998 to 2001, and was the president of the college's Pacific Basin Institute.