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Gordon Rausser, University of California, Berkeley
Tuesday, July 29, 2025
11:45 am - 12:45 pm
Sheraton Denver Downtown
Plaza Court ABC
Gordon Rausser is the Robert Gordon Sproul Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Dean Emeritus of the Rausser College of Natural Resources, and a Distinguished Professor of the Graduate School at the University of California, Berkeley. His career spans over 300 articles and 19 books and includes major academic achievements, leadership roles, and numerous prestigious awards.
Professor Rausser has been honored with 39 distinguished awards, including the Publication of Enduring Quality Award, Research Discovery Awards, Best Journal Articles, the American Antitrust Institute Award, the Secretary of Agriculture USDA award, the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service Award, and the Superior Unit Citation Award from the U.S. State Department. He is a fellow of the AAEA, AAAS, and ASA, as well as a Fulbright fellow.
Throughout his tenure at UC Berkeley, he spearheaded the restructuring of the Department of Economics, served three terms as Chair of the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, and was Dean of the College of Natural Resources for two influential terms. The pioneering Berkeley-Novartis Agreement, the first campus-based public-private research and development partnership, was established, and has since become a model for subsequent agreements across the Berkeley campus and research universities nationwide.
More recently, Professor Rausser’s leadership also includes co-chairing the Berkeley philanthropic campaign and serving as a Berkeley Fellow. He also chaired two faculty steering committees to lead a wide variety of stakeholders in developing a consensus to shape the development and strategic vision of the Berkeley Space Center at Moffett Field. He has served on the Boards of Directors of more than 20 private companies, notably as Chairman in five cases. He has also held trustee roles at Palo Alto University and Central European University.
Rausser served as associate editor of the JASA, AJAE, and the JDEC. He is also the founding and ongoing editor of the ARRE and co-editor of four influential volumes of the Handbook of Agricultural Economics.
In government, Professor Rausser served as Senior Economist on the President's Council of Economic Advisors and Chief Economist at the U.S. Agency for International Development.
His career was celebrated through the Festschrift symposium held in his honor in 2019, convening economists to discuss critical issues central to his research. For additional details regarding Professor Rausser’s extensive academic leadership and contributions, please refer to an edited volume published in his honor, "Modern Agricultural and Resource Economics and Policy: Essays in Honor of Gordon Rausser."