John Lossing Buck

Background

Buck, John Lossing was born on November 27, 1890 in LaGrange township, Dutchess County, New York, United States. Son of Vincent Morgan and Grace Tenhagen Buck.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Cornell, 1914, Master of Science, 1925, Doctor of Philosophy, 1933.

Career

; children—Carol, Janice. Married second, Lomay Chang, October 11, 1941. Children—Rosalind Grace, Paul Lossing.

Farm instructor New Hampton Farms, New York, 1914-1915.

Was advisor ministry of finance, Republican of China, May 1939-September 1940. Professor department agricultural economics, University of Nanking, October 1920-March 1944.

Monetary advisor to secretary treasury, United States of America, 1934-1935. United States Treasury representative, China, 1935-1939.

Chief education National Agricultural Engineering Corporation, Chungking, April 1944-March 1946.

Economics advisor Farmer’s Bank of China, January 1945-March 1946. Agricultural economics (technical advisor) office foreign agricultural relations, unites states department of Agriculture, July 1945-June 1946. Member China-United States Agriculture Mission, June 5-December 4, 1946.

Chief land and water use branch agriculture division Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations), 1947-1954.

Director for agriculture economics Council on Economy and Cultural Affairs, 1954-1957, research associate, 1958.

Achievements

• John Lossing Buck has been listed as a noteworthy economist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member China-United States Agriculture Mission, June 5-December 4, 1946. Member of Ministry of Industry, National Government of China (member committee for establishment of national agricultural research bureau, 1932.

Connections

Married Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker, May 30, 1917 (divorced 1935). Married second, Lomay Chang, October 11, 1941. Children: Carol, Janice.

Father:

Vincent Morgan

Mother:

Grace Tenhagen Buck

Spouse:

Lomay Chang

Spouse:

Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker

child:

Janice Buck

child:

Carol Buck