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Biographical Sketches 1931-19501931 APPOINTMENTSB. on a farm in Nebraska. B.S. from University of Nebraska. Farm Management Extension Specialist, farm records and farm business analysis. B. 1905, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. B.S., 1927, Ohio State; M.S., 1929. University of Florida; Ph.D., 1931, M.S.U. Was in teaching and research at first and later in extension. Retired in 1960. Fields: Agricultural marketing, particularly in fruit and vegetables. A noted traveler. He has kept a record of all towns in the U.S.A. that he has been in since grade school. He has been in 85 percent of all towns and cities in the United States with populations of 1,000 or more (1960 census) at least once. He has been in 55 foreign countries and "got by" with only the use of the English language, except for the particular country's words for "where is the men's room?" Starting in summer of 1932, he has taken about 30 auto trips in U.S. and Canada of 2 to 5 wee-L-'s duration with 105 different M.S.U. students. Students helped to pay for the gas. Often times George paid for some of students' meals. Faculty advisor for the Elsworth Cooperative House since 1938. B. on a farm near Valparaiso (Porter County) Indiana in 1906. B.S. and M.S. from Purdue; Doctor of Humane Letters, Wartburg College; additional graduate work at University of Wisconsin. Research assistant in farm management with major effort on enterprise cost studies. Resigned in 1935 to go with USDA where he served in various administrative capacities, He served as Department-wide liaison officer between USDA agencies and national rural church leaders from 1946. He also served as Program Leader for Rural Civil Defense. For eight years he was attached to the Office of the Secretary, Department of Agriculture. He was in Sudan and Turkey in 1966 where he assisted agricultural officials in conducting courses in Public Administration in Agricultural Development. Died of heart attack in Washington, D.C. August 6, 1967. 1934 APPOINTMENTB. Central Indiana. B.S., 1933 and M.S., 1934 from Purdue. Farm management extension specialist with the farm accounting and farm business analysis project. Resigned November 15, 1944 to go with Halderman Farm Management Service, Wabash, Indiana. Later, January 1, 1951, established the very effective May Farm Management Service with headquarters in East Lansing. 1935 APPOINTMENTSB. on a farm in Illinois. B.S. and M.S. from University of Illinois. Research assistant in farm management. B. on a farm near Perry, Shiawassee County, Michigan. B.S., 1931, M.S.C. Extension Specialist in farm management. 1936 APPOINTMENTSB. on a farm near Copemish, Manistee County, Michigan, 1910. B.S., 1933, M.S.C.; M.S., 1939, Cornell University. Prof. in Agricultural Economics (farm management) and currently (1967) project leader in farm management extension. Originator and leader of the M.S.U. Telfarm business analysis program. A vigorous proponent of the greater use of business machines in agriculture. Serving on the Dean of Agriculture's committee (1967) studying and planning greater application of computer science to the field of agriculture. Instituted the District Farm Management Agent framework of operation in the Michigan Cooperative Extension Service. Active in providing regional committee leadership in areas of farm management extension work. Joint recipient of the United States Department of Agriculture award for Superior Service (1964). Tour leader for 59 Michigan agricultural leaders visiting Russia, Poland, and Europe - the first of its kind to take women behind the Iron Curtain, (1964). Co-author with E. B. Hill of Farm Management Work Units, 1937 - 1) Teacher's Guide and 2) Students' Guide. Mimeograph Department, M.S.U. and also co-author with E. B. Hill of Farm Management Manual-- 1) Teacher's Guide and 2) Students' Guide, 1941, pp. 160. Reprinted 1945, 1947 and 1953. Edwards Brothers, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Contributed numerous articles to national and state magazines and journals. Addressed many national, regional and state conferences, seminars and symposiums. Made many appearances on television and radio, Formerly Vo-Ag instructor at Woodland, Michigan, High School. Forty months in World War II, U.S. Army Air Force, Airways Communications, 1942-45. B. on a farm in central Indiana. B.S. and M.S. from Purdue. Research assistant in farm management. B. on a farm near Maple Rapids, Clinton County, Michigan, 1909. B.S. 1931 M.S.C.; M.S. 1932, University of Illinois; Ph.D. 1948, Purdue. Currently, 1967, professor of Agricultural Economics and full-time extension specialist in farm management. Major interest in farm management and production economics, farm records and farm business analysis. Formerly, fieldsman, Federal Land Bank of Springfield, Massachusetts, 1933-36. With Halderman Management Service 1948-49. On leave eight months in 1956 in western European countries, with O.E.E.C., the Organization for European Economic Cooperation. Co-author with E. B. Hill of Principles of Farm Management, 1947, pp.201, Edwards Brothers, Ann Arbor, Michigan. 1937 APPOINTMENTB. 1901 on a farm near Grand Ledge, Eaton County Michigan. B.S., from M.S.C., 1925. Extension specialist in livestock marketing. Director of Membership Relations, Detroit Packing Co., 1948-49; Head of Community Cooperative Services, Farm Security Administration in Michigan, 1935-37; Asst. Mgr. and General Livestock Agent, St. Johns Stockyard Co. 1934-35; Public Relations and Salesman, Michigan Livestock Exchange, Detroit 1933-34; General Livestock Agent, New York Central RR Company, Buffalo, New York. Vo-Ag teacher, Marshall, Michigan 1925-28. Retired in November 1963 to go into the real estate business. 1938 APPOINTMENTSB. in Iowa 1910. B.S. 1933, Iowa State College; M.S., 1937, Illinois. Research assistant in farm management with particular reference to land use studies; U.S., Army, World War 11, 1942-46. Resigned in 1948 to do economic research for the Illinois Agricultural Association. Currently, 1967, agricultural consultants Grocery Manufacturers of Americas Inc. Fields: Economics of food and nutrition. B. 1899 on a farm in Woodbridge Township, Hillsdale County, Michigan. B.S., 1923, M.A.C. Research assistant in farm management. Formerly, County Agricultural Agent, Wexford and Antrim Counties. 4-H Club Agent, Saginaw, 1940-46. Assistant State Club Leader, M.S.U., 1946-49. Retired 7/l/59. B. 1911, Lakewood Ohio. B.A. 1933, Oberlin College; M.S. 1934, Ohio State Univ; Ph.D., 1933, Univ. of Wisconsin. Currently Professor, 50 percent extension, 40 percent research, 10 percent teaching. Fields: Egg and poultry marketing, consumer preference panel, and farmer cooperative organizations. In U.S. Navy., World War II 1944-46. Economist, Office of Price Administration, 1943-44. Market Analyst, USDA, 3 months, 1948. Visiting lecturer, International Cooperative Training Center, Univ. of Wisconsin, 3 months in 1963. Consultant to M.S.U. East Pakistan Project, 6 months, 1967. Gamma Sigma Delta. 1939 APPOINTMENTB. Nebraska, 1911. Cooperative appointment, M.S.C. and U.S.D.A. Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Major assignment: Inter-regional Competition of Dairy Farming. Currently, 1967, Staff Specialist, ARS, USDA, Washington, D.C., Fields: Economics of food and nutrition. 1942 APPOINTMENTSB. on a farm near Hersey, Osceola County, Michigan. B.S., 1940, M.S.C. Extension specialist in farm management, Resigned to go with Halderman Farm Management Services Wabash Indiana and is currently, 1967, with that organization. B. 1920 on a farm near Copemish, Manistee County, Michigan. B.S., 1942, M.S.C. Research assistant in farm management and worked on farm labor efficiency studies, Resigned 0/31/45 to become County Agricultural Agent, Charlevoix County, Michigan a position he still holds, 1967. 1944 APPOINTMENTSB. 1914 on a dairy farm, Cooperstown, Otsego County, New York. B.S., 1939, M.S., 1940, Cornell; Ph.D., 1942, Purdue. Research assistant in farm management and worked on various farm management research projects including Work Simplification. resigned to go with USDA Crop Reporting Service and currently, 1967, is still in the same work. In U.S. Army Air Force, World War 11, 1942-44. B. October 9, 1915, on a farm near Kingston, Indiana. B.S., 1937; M.S. 1939; Ph.D., 1941; D.Sc., (Hon.) Purdue. Teaching and research in agricultural economics 12/l/44-3/30/48. Assistant Director Agricultural Experiment Station, M.S.U., 4/l/48-6/30/49. Director 1949-53. Dean of Agriculture, M.S.U., 7/l/53-6/30/54. Resigned 6/30/54 to become Chancellor of University of Nebraska. Member International Agricultural Conference. Listed in Who's Who in America. 1945 APPOINTMENTSB. 1938 on a farm near Coleman, Isabella County, Michigan. B.S., 1937; M.S., 1950, Michigan State, Farm management research, May 10 1949-Feb. 28, 1955, with special interest in young men in farming, father-son farm partnerships, etc. Resigned 2/28/55 to go with the Cooperative Extension Service as County Agricultural Agent at large. Currently, 1967, County Extension Agricultura1 Agent, Shiawassee County, Michigan. Assistant Director of Short Courses at M.S.U., 1939-48; Vo-Ag instructor at McBain, Michigan 1937-39. B. in Canada, BS., 1939, University of Illinois; M.S., 1948, Michigan State; graduate work at Harvard Graduate School, 1953-54. Instructor, farm management research with major interest in land tenure studies. Resigned to do graduate work. Currently, 1967, in Economics Department, South Dakota State College. B. Nebraska 1909. B.S., 1932; M.A., 1934,, University of Nebraska; Ph.D., 1939, Purdue. Field - Public Policy. Currently, 1967, extension 70 percent, teaching 30 percent. Professor and leader in public policy. Chairman and contributing author for several national and regional task forces to prepare educational pamphlets on farm programs, international trade, and human resource development. Visiting professor at North Carolina State University with the Agricultural Policy Institute, 1961-62. BAE, Atlanta, Ga., 1942-45; Dairy Spec., Coop. Res. Serve, Farm Credit Administration, Washington, D.C., 1942; Economist, BAE, Washington, D.C., 1941; Asst. State BAE Rep., Lafayette., Indiana, 1939-41; Instr. Purdue Univ. 1935-36; Instr, Univ, of Nebraska 1934-35. Alpha Zeta, Gamma Sigma Delta and Sigma Xi. Outstanding Extension Specialist Award 1967 (Michigan). B. on a farm near Tecumseh, Michigan. B.S., 1940., M.S.C. Research assistant in farm management. Served in U.S. Army, World War II and awarded Silver Star. Currently, 1967, farming on home farm near Tecumseh. 1946 APPOINTMENTSB. on a farm in Illinois, B.S. and M.S.,. University of Illinois Farm Management, Extension Specialist, Assistant Professor, Resigned to go with Allied Military Government as an agriculturist in Germany. Has been in government foreign service ever since 9/7/46. B. in Illinois, B.S., 1937 M.S.U.; Ph.D. 1942, Cornell University. Farm Management Extension Specialist, Associate Professor. Resigned to accept teaching-research position as Professor of Agricultural Business Management at Penn State where he is now located. Field: Agricultural marketing. Lieut. Commander, U.S., Navy in World War II, 1942-46. B. on a farm in Indiana. B.S., 1944 and M.S., 1945 from Purdue. Farm Management Research, Assistant Processor. Major area of work, dairy production costs Detroit Area. In Army Veterinary Corps in World War II. Be Kentucky, 1913. B.S. 1935, University of Kentucky; M.S., 1937, Ph.D., 1941, Cornell University. Field: Agricultural Marketing. U.S. Army 1942-46. Resigned to become Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Socillogy, Ohio State University. B. 1908 on a farm near Ida, Lenawee County, Michigan. B.S., 1934 M.S.C.; M.S., 1946, University of Illinois, Extension Specialist and Asst. Prof. in Farm Management with special interests in farm management, farm records, federal income taxes and social security for farmers. Retired December 31, 1966. Operated family farm 1928. Ford Motor Co. (railroad fireman) 1929 and 1930; Farm Management Specialist, Farm Security Administration 1935-42. Army Air Corps Service, World War 11, 1942-44. B. Wisconsin. B.S., 1938; M.A., 1939, Wisconsin; Ph.D., 1949, Maryland. Fields: Business organization, commercial banking, and agricultural economics. Instructor in Economics and then to Asst. Prof., Agricultural Economics. Resigned to become Professor and Department Head, Economics, Georgia State College. 1947 APPOINTMENTSB. on a farm near Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1914. B.S., 1937, Wisconsin; M.S., 1938; Ph.D., 1941, Iowa State University Fields: Low-income farmers, agricultural trade problems, agricultural policy, and economic development. Currently, 1967, Professor: 50 percent teaching and 50 percent research. President, American Farm Economic Association, 1966-67, and Vice-President 1955-56. Book Review Editor, 1949-51 and Editor, 1952-54, of the Journal of Farm Economics. Associate in the Institute of Current World Affairs, 1941-43. Senior agricultural economist in USDA, 1943-46 working and traveling in Latin America. Sabbatical leave of 1952-53 was spent with the American Universities Field Staff lecturing in the United States on Brazil. His 1965 sabbatical was spent in Arizona studying irrigation projects in Mexico and Southwestern United States. During January-June 1961 he was a consultant with White House Offices of George McGovern, Special Representative of President Kennedy for Food for Peace. He has served as consultant to the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, the Agricultural Colleges of Colombia, the University of Ankara, Turkey, the Economic Research Service of the USDA,, the Committee for Economic Development and the Inter-American Bank. In 1966, he was on assignment in Brazil for the Midwestern Universities Consortium for International Activities (MUCIA) to work with the National Research Council of Brazil. Languages: Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, French, German. B. Wisconsin, 1916. B.S., 1941, Wisconsin; M.S. 1942, Ph.D. 1947, Purdue, Field: Agricultural marketing and particularly dairy products. In U.S. Army Air Force, 1943-45. Currently, 1967, Market Research Director, American Dairy Associations, Chicago. B. South Dakota, B.S., 1939, M.S., 1940, Montana State College; M.A., 1950; Ph.D., 1952, University of Chicago. Farm Management extension specialist. Resigned 9/30/53 to become project leader in agricultural economics extension, University of Nebraska. 1948 APPOINTMENTSB. Lincoln, Idaho, 1914. B.S., 1936, Utah State University; N.A., 1939, American University; Ph.D., 1946, University of Wisconsin. Fields: Land and water economics. Professor; teaching and research. Resigned from Agricultural Economics 9/14/59 to become Professor and Head of the new department of Resource Development at Michigan State, Listed in Who's Who in America. Author: Land Resource Economics, 1958; (with V. Webster Johnson) Land Problems and Policies, 1954. Formerly Agricultural Economics, BAE,, USDA, Milwaukee and Washington, D.C., 1943-47. Agricultural Economics, ARS and BAE, USDA. at Michigan State. B. McPherson, Kansas, 1906. B.S., 1940; M.S. 1941, University of Minnesota. Currently, 1967, Professor, research particularly in the economics of dairy farming, forage production., storage and utilization. Fields: Dairy farm management, dairy adjustments and forage economics. Associate Professor, S. D. State College, 1943-48; Coop. Agent, Univ. of Wisconsin and Soil Conservation Service, LaCrosse, Wisconsin, 1941-43; Field Rep., Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., Minn., 1935-40. Honors: American Grassland Council Merit Award 1963, AAAS Fellow Award 1964, National Silo Assn. Z. W. Craine Award, 1965. B. on a farm in Calhoun County, Michigan. B.S., 1947; M.S., 1949, Michigan State; Ph.D., 1953, Iowa State University. Fields: Farm management, production economics, agricultural data processing, agricultural economics. Instructor to Professor, Michigan State University 1948-58. Currently, 1967, Head, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nigeria at Nsukka. M.S.U. University of Nigeria Program, July 1966 to July 1968. Economist, Federal Extension Service, USDA, Washington, D.C. 1965; Consultant, Doane Agricultural Service, St. Louis, Mo., 1956-57; Farm Management Extension Specialist, Michigan State, 1949 to 1958. In U.S. Army 1943-46. Editor of and contributor to Economics and Management in Agriculture, Prentice Hall, 1962. Language: French. Member of Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Zeta, Gamma Sigma Delta. B. Kent County, Michigan. B.S. 1944 and M.S., 1945 at M.S.C.; Ph.D., 1948, Purdue. Asst. Prof. in farm management research, particularly in the area of forage crop studies. Resigned 5/31/54 first to go with the Ford Motor Co. and later to set up his own farm implement sales and service business, The Farm and Industrial Center, Lansing, Michigan. B. Dekalb County Indiana, Sept. 26, 1923. B.S., 1947, Purdue; M.A., 1948, Ph.D., 1950 Michigan State. Additional graduate work taken at University of Chicago and at Harvard. Appointed Professor and Chairman of Agricultural Economics, 7/l/54. Major areas of interest, agricultural prices and international agricultural development. Vice President, American Farm Economic Associations 1960-61. Listed in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the Midwest and American Men of Science. U.S. Army, World War II, 1943-45. Consultant to government of Pakistan for the Ford Foundations 1957. Consultant to the government of Colombia for the Kellogg Foundations 1959. Consultant for USDA Crop Reporting Services, 1954-57. Director at Large of Central Bank for Cooperatives, Jan. 1, 1967 to _ . Member of Advisory Committee of Pakistan Project; member of Joint University Advisory Committee of University of Nigeria. Consultant to Bureau of Census, USDA, 1965 to _ . Member, International Conference of Agricultural Economists, American Agricultural Economic Association, American Statistical Associations and of the North Central Advisory Committee of Department Heads of Agricultural Economics. Languages: French, German, Spanish. B. 1920, Christneys Indiana on a farm. B.S., 1947, Purdue; M.S., 1948 and Ph.D. 1952, Michigan State. Director of Agricultural Marketing and Utilization Center and Assistant Director in charge of Marketing for the Cooperative Extension Service of M.S.U. Formerly, Professor of Agricultural Economics. Visiting Research Professor, Harvard University, 1956-57, Honored in 1965 as "Farm Marketing Man of the Year" by the National Agricultural Advertising and Marketing Association. Alpha Zeta and Sigma Xi. Languages: French,, German, Spanish. U.S. Navy in World War II, Lt. Commander, 1941-46. Resigned from M.S.U. 10/1/65 to accept position as Vice President, California State Poly Tech College at Pomona, California. Currently, 1967, he is President of that institution. B. Michigan 1925. B.A. in Economics.. Michigan State University 1947; M.A. in Economics, Michigan State University, 1948; Doctor of Public Administration. Harvard University, 1952. Asst. Prof. 1952-53; Assoc. Prof. 1955-58 and Prof. since 1958 all at Michigan State University; Ext. Spec. in Public Policy, Michigan State University 1948-50. Visiting Prof. of Econ., University of Chicago, 1961-62; Senior Staff Member, Council of Economic Advisors, Executive Office of the President, Washington, D.C., 1955-56; Federal Extension Service, 1951; U.S. Navy, 1943-46. Editorial Council, The Journal of Farm Economics, 1958, 1959, 1960; Chairman of the Committee on the Future of the University, Michigan State University, 1959; Vice President of the American Farm Economics Association, 1962-63; Consultant for the following: Commission of Money and Credit, 1959-60; Committee for Economic Development, 1960-62; Joint Economic Committee, United States Congress, 1960; U.S., Department of Agriculture, 1961-66; Council of Economic Advisers, Executive Office of the President, 1961-62; U.S., Department of Labor, 1965-66; Commission of Food and Fibers 1967; and the National Advisory Commission of rural Poverty, 1966-67. Member of a sub-panel for the President's Science Advisory Committee Report on the World Food Problem, 1966-67. Faculty Member, Salzburg Seminar on American Studies (session 103) 1966; Chairman of the Faculty, Salzburg Seminar on American Studies (session 115), 1968. Elected Phi Kappa Phi, 1946; Carnegie Fellow, Harvard University, 1950-51; Award for best journal article in The Journal of Farm Economics, 1954 and honorable mention for the best Article in 1952. Winner of the American Farm Economics Association Award for best published Research in 1956, 1958, and in 1967 (with Brian B. Perkins). Winner of the Distinguished Faculty Award, Michigan State University, 1964. Recipient of Rockefeller Study Grant on Food, Economic Developments and International Relations 1964. Recipient of Agricultural Development Council Travel Grant to study Socialist Agricultural Development, 1967. Author of the following: Government and Agriculture, McMillan and Co., 1963; Problems of Progress in the Agricultural Economy Scott, Foresman and Co. 1964. The People of Rural America (with Beegle and Bryant), Government Printing Office Census Monograph, 1968. Numerous research bulletins, journal articles and chapters in six books. Member of the American Agricultural Economics Association (AFEA); Canadian Agricultural Economics Association; Western Farm Economics Association; International Association of Agricultural Economists; National Planning Association; and American Academy of Political and Social Sciences. From Flagler, Colorado. B.S., 1931 from Colorado State University; M.S. 1933, Colorado State Teachers, R.N. 1935, Bethel General Hospitals Colorado Springs, Colorado. Extension economist in consumer education. Served as Chief Nurse in the Army Nurse Corps in World War II. 1949 APPOINTMENTSB. 1905 on a farm near Hastings, Barry County, Michigan. B.S., 1931, M.S.C.; M.S., 1957, Kansas State College, Extension Specialist in Agricultural Marketing. Formerly, County Agricultural Agent in Sanilac County. On leave, 1953-57, to serve as State Administrative Officer of the Michigan Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee. Resigned on July 31, 1957 to become Executive Secretary and Manager, Michigan Farm Bureau. Resigned this latter position in spring of 1966. B. 1925 Indiana, Pennsylvania. B.S. Political Science., Michigan State 1947; Ph.D., Agricultural Economics, Michigan State, 1953. Appointed as Instructor in 1949. Currently, 1967, professor of Agricultural Economics, 50 percent research and 50 percent teaching, with major interests in market behavior, institutions and policies; applied social science; consumer analysis; and marketing in economic development. On leave from June - December 1967 to serve as consultant to the Administrator of the Economic Research Service, USDA. In U.S. Navy in World War II, 1943-46. Member of the East Lansing School Board since 1962, president since 1965. Member of the USDA Human Nutrition and Consumer Use Advisory Committee since 1966. Contributions to books: "Consumer Purchase Decision and Demand," Chapter 8, Economics and Management in Agriculture, Warren Vincent (editor), Prentice-Hall, 1962. "Advertising in the Marketing Process," Chapter 7, and "Marketing in Social Perspective," (co-author A. Allan Schmid), Chapter 2, Agricultural Market Analysis, Vernon L, Sorenson (editor). Published by the Bureau of Business and Economic Research, Michigan State University, 1964. AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT, ESTABLISHED 5/l/49All members of Farm Management Department and of the agricultural section of the Department of Economics, then became members of the Agricultural Economics Department. B. Hickory, Pa., Sept. 15, 1910. B.S., 1930; M.S., 1931, Ohio State University; Ph.D., 1937, Cornell University. First chairman of the new Agricultural Economics Department, M.S.U., 5/l/49, with major interests in marketing and agricultural policy. Dean of the College of Agriculture, July 1, 1954 to _. Professor, Agricultural Economics, Purdue, 1937-43; Director of Research, American Farm Bureau Federation, 1943-49. President, American Farm Economics Association, 1953-54. Listed in Who's Who in America. Served as a member of governmental and national committees for economic development and agricultural policy. *Currently, 1967, still on M.S.U. Staff as Dean of Agriculture. B. Michigan, 1925. B.S., 1948, Michigan State, Research assistant in study of the cost of mill: production in the Detroit area of Michigan. From Texas, B.S., 1940, Texas A &M; M.S., 1949, University of Chicago. Extension specialist in agricultural economics. Appointed Ass't Dean of Agriculture and Director of Cooperative Extension Service, 9/10/52. Appointed Vice-President for Off-Campus Education and Director of Continuing Education, 4/l/55. Chancellor, M.S.U.-O. (later Oakland University), February 10, 1959. B. Illinois. B.S., 1948; M.S., 1949, University of Illinois. Extension specialist in public policy. 1950 APPOINTMENTSB. on a farm near Hadley, Lapeer County, Mich., 1916. B.S., 1941, Michigan State; 1942-43, Harvard School of Business; 1948, M.A., University of Chicago. Currently, 1967, extension specialist, Assoc. Prof. in farm management and marketing and stationed full time in the M.S.U. Marquette office. 1st Lt. in the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps in World War II, 1944-47. Also served one year as economic analyst with the Quartermaster Food and Container Institute for the Armed Forces in Chicago. B. Ohio. B.S., 1949; M.S., 1950, Ohio State. Assignment: retailer education. B. Indiana (Albion), 1921. B.S., 1943, Purdue; M.S., 1948, Cornell; Ph.D., 1950, Minnesota. First appointment at M.S.U. was as an extension specialist in public policy. In 1952 he was appointed project leader in agricultural marketing and retailer education. In 1954, chairman of the educational advisory committee of the Chicago Board of Trade. In U.S. Army in World War II, 1942-46. He resigned from Michigan State Univ. to accept the position of Director of Economic Research for the Farm Supply Co. of Bloomington, Illinois. |