Background
McElroy, Jerome Lathrop was born on September 14, 1937 in St. Louis. Son of King Gerard and Audrey (Lathrop) master of Civil Engineering.
McElroy, Jerome Lathrop was born on September 14, 1937 in St. Louis. Son of King Gerard and Audrey (Lathrop) master of Civil Engineering.
Bachelor, St. Saint Louis University, 1961; Philosophy, St. Saint Louis University, 1962; Master of Arts in Economics, St. Saint Louis University, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, U. Colorado, 1972.
Instructor, St. John's College, Belize City, Belize, 1962-1965;
graduate associate, U. Colorado, Boulder, 1971-1972;
assistant professor economics, College of Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, 1972-1975;
associate professor economics, College of Virgin Islands, 1975-1979;
director planning, Government of Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, 1979-1980;
associate professor economics, U. Notre Dame, Indiana, 1980-1982;
associate professor economics, St. Mary's College, South Bend, Indiana, 1982-1986;
professor economics, St. Mary's College, since 1986;
department chairman business and economics, St. Mary's College, 1990-1993. Research fellow Island Resources Foundation, Washington, since 1980. Expert advisory panel Office Technology Assessment, United States Congress, 1985-1986.
Economics consultant United States Agency for International Development, 1987-1989, Government Virgin Islands, 1974-1979, 89.
(A chapbook of poems.)
(A chapbook or poems.)
Member advisory board Eastern Caribbean Center, University Virgin Islands, 1993-1995. Member American Economic Association, Caribbean Studies Association, Southern Reg. Science Association, Midwest Association Latin Americanists, International Small Islands Studies Association, International Science Council for Island Development (founding member), Institute for Development of Insular Economies and Societies (founding member), Island Environmental Institute (founding member).
Married Birdie Maria Rossow. Children: Jacqueline, Christopher.