Background
Moore, John Runyan was born on September 30, 1929 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Son of Lawrence Levi and Hazel Marie (Runyan) Moore.
agricultural and resource economics professor
Moore, John Runyan was born on September 30, 1929 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Son of Lawrence Levi and Hazel Marie (Runyan) Moore.
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, Ohio State University, 1951; Master of Science in Agricultural Economics, Cornell Univercity, 1955; Doctor of Philosophy in Agricultural Economics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1959.
County 4-H Club agent, Ohio Cooperative Extension Svc., Stuebenville, 1951; graduate research assistant, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1953-1955; graduate research assistant, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1955-1958; assistant professor, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1958-1962; marketing specialist, economics consultant, Ford Foundation, New Delhi, 1968-1970; associate professor, U. Maryland., College Park, 1962-1968; professor in world food situation and food marketing, U. Maryland., College Park, 1968-1995; professor emeritus, U. Maryland., College Park, since 1995. Economics consultant Federal Trade Commission, Washington, 1963-1964, World Bank, India and Nigeria, 1971-1974, Kyrgyz Republic, 1997, United States Agency for International Development, Indonesia, Malawi, Haiti, Liberia and Egypt, various dates, Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations), Beijing, 1990.
Trustee Southeast Consortium for International Development, 1978-1995. Chairman board commissioners City College Park Housing Authority, since 1996. Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1951-1953.
Member American Agricultural Economic Association (Thesis award 1960), American Economic Association, International Agricultural Economic Association, Trees for the Future (chairman board trustees since 1997), Rotary (president 1998-1999).
Married Marjorie Ann Coy, June 14, 1953. Children: Lee, Andrew.