lionel wilfred mckenzie (january 26, 1919 – october 12, 2010) was an american economist. he was the wilson professor emeritus of economics at the university of rochester. he was born in montezuma, georgia. he completed undergraduate studies at duke university in 1939 and subsequently moved to oxford that year as a rhodes scholar. mckenzie worked with the cowles commission while it was in chicago and served as an assistant professor at duke from 1948–1957. having received his ph.d at princeton university in 1956, mckenzie moved to rochester where he was responsible for the establishment of the graduate program in economics.