Background
Axinn, George Harold was born on February 1, 1926 in Jamaica, New York, United States. Son of Hyman and Celia (Schneider) Axinn.
Axinn, George Harold was born on February 1, 1926 in Jamaica, New York, United States. Son of Hyman and Celia (Schneider) Axinn.
Bachelor of Science, Cornell Univercity, 1947; Master of Sciences, University Wisconsin, 1952; Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1958.
Editorial assistant, Cornell Univercity Geneva, New York, 1947;
bulletin editor, U. Maryland., College Park, 1949;
department chairman rural communication, U. Delaware, Newark, 1950;
member of faculty, Michigan State University, East Lansing, since 1953;
associate director cooperative extension service, Michigan State University, 1955-1960;
coordinator, U. Nigeria program, 1961-1965;
professor agricultural economics, U. Nigeria program, 1970-1985;
professor emeritus resource development, U. Nigeria program, 1985-1995;
professor emeritus, U. Nigeria program, since 1996;
assistant dean international studies and programs, U. Nigeria program, 1964-1985;
president, executive director, Midwest Universities Consortium for International Activities, Inc., 1969-1976;
president, executive director, Midwest Universities Consortium for International Activities, Inc., 1969-1976. Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations) representative to Nepal, 1983-1985, India and Bhutan, 1989-1991. Consultant World Bank, 1973-1974, Ford Foundation, 1968, United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, 1978, Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations), 1974, 87, 89, Government of India, 1988.
Visiting professor Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1958-1960, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1969-1970.
Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Rural Sociological Society, Society International Development, Society Applied Anthropology, Indian Society Extension Education, Association Farming Systems Research and Extension, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Nancy Kathryn Wigsten, February 17, 1945. Children: Catherine, Paul, Martha, William.