Background
Karr, Gerald Lee was born on October 15, 1936 in Emporia, Kansas, United States. Son of Orren L. and Kathleen M. (Keller) Karr.
- Photos
- Works
- Photos
- Works
Gerald Lee Karr
Edit ProfileState Senator Agricultural economist
Education
Bachelor of Science, Kansas State University, 1959. Master of Science in Agricultural Economics, Southern Illinois University, 1962, Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, 1966.
Career
Eckert Orchards Incorporated., Belleville, Illinois, 1959-1964. Graduate assistant Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 1960-1964. Assistant professor economics Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, 1964-1967.
Assistant professor agricultural economics, head department Njala University, Sierra Leone, West Africa, 1967-1970.
Assistant professor agrl.econs. University of Illinois, Urbana, 1970-1972.
Associate professor agricultural economics, department chairman, manager college farms Wilmington (Ohio) College, 1972-1976. Farmer, Emporia, Kansas, since 1976.
Member Kansas Senate, 1981-1998, minority leader, 1991-1996.
Research advisor Bank of Sierra Leone, Freetown, summer 1967. Agrl.sector consultant Economics Mission to Sierra Leone, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 1973.
Achievements
Membership
Member Kansas Senate, 1981-1998, minority leader, 1991-1996. Member Lyon County Farmer Union, Lyon County Livestock Association, Omicron Delta Epsilon, Farm House.
Connections
Married Sharon Kay Studer, October 18, 1959. Children: Kevin Lee, Kelly Jolleen.
