Background
Child, Frank Clayton was born on August 21, 1921 in Salt Lake City. Son of Charles William and Alveretta Gertrude (Clayton) Child.
Child, Frank Clayton was born on August 21, 1921 in Salt Lake City. Son of Charles William and Alveretta Gertrude (Clayton) Child.
Bachelor, University Utah, 1941. Master of Arts, Stanford University, 1947. Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1954.
Instructor economics, Stanford University, 1950;
Instructor economics, Williams College, 1950-1952;
assistant professor, Pomona College, 1952-1956;
assistant professor, associate professor economics, Michigan State University, 1956-1959;
adviser, Michigan State University Advisory Group, Saigon, Vietnam, 1959-1961;
visiting associate professor economics, Stanford University, 1961-1962;
from associate professor to professor, University of California-Davis, 1962-1982;
department chairman, University of California-Davis, 1963-1980;
professor economics, University of California-Santa Cruz, 1983-1990;
professor emeritus, University of California-Santa Cruz, since 1990;
dean social science division, University of California-Santa Cruz, 1983-1988. Economics consultant United Nations Development Program, Sabah, Malaysia, 1965, Agency for International Development, Pakistan,1966. Senior economist, mission to Vietnam, Development and Resources Corporation,1967.
Research adviser Pakistan Institute Development Economics (Yale-Pakistan project), Karachi, 1967-1969. Visiting professor Institute for Development Studies, U. Nairobi, Kenya, 1972-1973. Also consultant; coordinator Agricultural Development Systems Project/Egypt, 1979-1982.
Consultant Development and Resources Corporation, Brazil, 1972, Pakistan Institute Development Economics, Islamabad, 1975, 76. Team leader agricultural sector review United Nations Development Program, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1988-1989.
Served from Second lieutenant to captain Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Member American Economics Association.
Married Eva Lorraine Clough, September 22, 1948. Children: Charles William, Matthew Daniel, Tracy, Suzanne.