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J.B. Penn 2002 Fellow

  • Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, USDA, 2001 to present.
  • Senior Vice President, Sparks Companies, Inc., 1988-2001.
  • President, Economic Perspectives, Inc., 1981-88.
  • Deputy Administrator for Economics, Economics and Statistics Service, USDA, 1978-81.
  • Senior Staff Economist, President's Council of Economic Advisors, 1977-78.
  • Program Leader, ERS, 1975-77.
  • Research Economics, ERS; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Purdue University and North Carolina State University, 1973-74.
  • Research Economist, ERS, 1967-75.
  • AAEA Distinguished Policy Contributuion Award (shared), 1978.
  • AAEA Executive Board, 1997-2001.
  • AAEA Foundation Board, 1997-1998.
  • Board Membership: Farm Foundation, C-FARE, Foundation for the Development of Polish Agriculture, Bennett Agriculture Roundtable.

Fellow information reprinted from the Number 5, 2002 AJAE.

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