Education
Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Economics, 1957.
Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Economics, 1957.
With Illinois State Statistical Office, USDA
with Tennessee State Statistical Office, USDA
state statistician, Missouri State Statistical Office, 1975-1987;
senior staff member, Missouri Department Agriculture
research associate agricultural economics, U. Missouri
director estimates division, USDA, 1988-1990;
deputy administrator operations, USDA, 1990-1992;
acting administrator National Agricultural Statistics Svc., USDA, 1992-1995;
administrator, USDA, since 1995. Project leader agricultural statistics development project in Thailand, 1972. Member delegate People's Republic of China, 1981.
Technical assistant to Rwanda and Cameroon, Africa, 1985-1987. Member agricultural statistics program World Bank, Brazil, 1990, Ministry of Agriculture, Venezuela, 1991, Bulgaria, Nicaragua, Poland, Romania, among others. Member evaluation team Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations), Chinese Census Agriculture.