Melvin Jay "Mel" Hinich (April 29, 1939 – September 6, 2010) [1] was a professor of government and economics at the University of Texas at Austin.
In 1966, he married Sonje Gregg and the couple had a daughter, Amy Leksana.
Hinich attended Carnegie Institute of Technology where he earned a B.S.
[4] At various times throughout his career, Hinich served as editor for Macroeconomic Dynamics, Society for Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics, Journal of the American Statistical Association, and Journal of Mathematical Sociology.
[6] Michael Munger was reported to have been heavily influenced by Hinich.