Background
Kolstad, Charles Durgin was born on April 30, 1948 in Warehan, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George Andrew and Christine Joyce (Stillman) Kolstad.
Kolstad, Charles Durgin was born on April 30, 1948 in Warehan, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George Andrew and Christine Joyce (Stillman) Kolstad.
Bachelor of Science, Bates College, 1969. Master of Arts, University Rochester, New York, 1973. Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1982.
Staff member, Los Alamos (N. Mexico) National Laboratory, 1974-1983;
assistant professor economics and environmental studies, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1983-1988;
associate professor, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1988-1992;
professor, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1992-1994;
visiting professor economics, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1992;
professor economics and environmental studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1993-1996;
professor environmental science and management, University of California, Santa Barbara, since 1997. Visiting scholar Norwegian School Economics, Bergen, 1985. Visiting assistant professor Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1986-1987.
Visiting professor Catholic U. Louvain, Belgium, 1993, New Economics School, Moscow, 1998, Stanford University, 1998. President Resource Economics Corporation, Urbana, since 1984. Member science advisory board United States Environmental Protection Agency, since 1992.
Member board energy and environmental systems National Research Council/NAS.
Member Association for Environmental and Resource Economic (board director, president since 2000), American Economic Association, Econometric Society, Cosmos Club.
Married Dorothy Valerie Thompson, July 8, 1972. Children: Jonathan, Kate.