Background
Mehren, George Louis was born on July 6, 1913 in Sacramento. Son of Gale Thomas and Faye Laura (Swain) Mehren.
economist government official business executive
Mehren, George Louis was born on July 6, 1913 in Sacramento. Son of Gale Thomas and Faye Laura (Swain) Mehren.
Student, College Pacific, 1937; A.A., Sacramento Junior College, 1931; Bachelor of Arts with honors, University of California, 1938; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, 1942.
Research associate, Giannini Foundation Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Experiment Station, University of California, 1942;
director, Giannini Foundation Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Experiment Station, University of California, 1957-1962;
instructor to associate professor, Giannini Foundation Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Experiment Station, University of California, 1946-1951;
professor agricultural economics, Giannini Foundation Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Experiment Station, University of California, 1951-1971;
professor emeritus, Giannini Foundation Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Experiment Station, University of California, 1971;
department chairman agricultural economics, department chairman agricultural business, director, Giannini Foundation Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Experiment Station, University of California, Berkeley, Davis and Los Angeles, 1957-1962;
executive, advisory, coordinating committees Wild Lands Research Center, Water Resources Center, Giannini Foundation Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Experiment Station, University of California, 1957-1962;
chairman statewide curriculum agricultural business management, Giannini Foundation Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Experiment Station, University of California, 1957-1962;
executive committees School Business Administration, Institute International Studies, Institute Industrial Relations, Giannini Foundation Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Experiment Station, University of California, 1958-1962;
member Legislative Assembly, Giannini Foundation Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Experiment Station, University of California, 1960-1962;
assistant secretary, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, 1963-1968;
director science and education, United States Department of Agriculture, 1965-1968;
special United States ambassador (special) to Panama, 1968;
president, Agribusiness Council Inc., 1968-1971;
general manager, Associated Milk Producers, Inc., 1972-1976;
executive consultant, 1976-1978;
vice president, Hitchcock GmbH, West Germany, from 1976;
vice president, San Antonio-Chicago Investment, from 1973;
vice president, Overseas Marketing, Inc., from 1977;
vice president, Select Wines, Inc., from 1982;
vice president, I. Mehren of Texas, Inc., from 1978;
vice president, Mehren Hills, from 1983. Member Federal Council on Science and Technology, 1965-1968, Federal Interagy. Committee on Education, 1966-1968, National Advisory Council on Extension and Continuing Education, 1966-1968, President's Committee on Consumer Interests, 1964-1967.
Board directors Commodity Credit Corporation, 1963-1968. Member of advisory panel Atomic Energy Commission, 1966-1968. Member administrative committee Center for Specialization and Research in Agricultural Economics and Statistics, U. Naples, Portici, Italy, 1956-1959.
Director food and restaurant division OPS, Washington, 1951, acting director price operations, 1952, consultant to director, 1952-1953. Consultant Mutual Security Agency, Foreign Operations Administration, 1952-1953. Adviser British minister agriculture and fisheries and secretary of state for Scotland, London, 1952-1953.
Consultant Ministry of Agriculture Venezuela, Caracas, 1952-1953, 70, Consejo de Bienestar Rural, Venezuela, 1953-1954, OCDM, 1956-1958, USOM to Korea, Republic of Korea, Seoul, United States Office Emergency Planning, Agency for International Development, to goverments, Pakistan, Iran, Mexico, Morocco, Indonesia, 1968-1971. Egypt, 1968-1978, Argentina, Greece, Turkey, India, Thailand, Philippines, 1979. Adviser Ministry Agriculture and Forestry for Italy, Rome, 1956.
Consultant division economics Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations), Rome, 1956-1957. Dean, visiting professor Internat.Center for Training Agricultural Economics and Statistics, Government Republic of Italy, University of Rome, Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations), 1956. Contract collaborator United States and California depts.agr. for appraisal European promotion programs, 1962.
Member general editorial board Journal Marketing, American Marketing Association, 1952-1955, managing editor,1955-1957, editor-in-chief, 1957-1958.
Chairman California executive committee United States Food for Peace Program, 1961. Served to lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1945. Fellow International Biographic Association.
Member Western Agricultural Economics Research Council, American Farm Economics Association, American Marketing Association, Western Farm Economics Association, Alpha Zeta.
Married Jean Dorothy McMurchy, June 26, 1938. Children: Peter William, Elizabeth Jean. Married Ingeborg E. Hitchcock, 1968.
1 son, George Louis.