Kenneth J. Koford

Background

Kenneth Koford was born on the 30th of December, in 1948 Hollywood, South Carolina, United States; the son of Theresa and Kenneth H. Koford.

Education

Kenneth Koford received a Bachelor of Arts degree at Yale University in 1970 and a Master of Arts and a Doctor of Philosophy degrees from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1977.

Dr. Koford was awarded an honorary doctorate degree by the University of Sofia in 2001.

Career

At the beginning of his career, Ken Koford joined the faculty of the University of Delaware in 1979 as an assistant professor. In 2000 he founded and became the director of the legal studies program. He taught briefly at Vassar College and Connecticut College before joining the University of Delaware in 1979, where he spent the rest of his academic career.

At Delaware, he rose to full professor of economics and political science in 1994 and became a professor of legal studies in 1997. Ken directed the University’s Legal Studies Program for several years. Ken was Chair of the Undergraduate Studies Committee of the Faculty Senate for many years. In that capacity, he evaluated many of the undergraduate programs at the University of Delaware.

From 1990-1996, Ken Koford was co-director of an economic education program funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development, that the University of Delaware ran in Bulgaria. He continued this academic relationship after the program ended, making many visits to the University of Sofia, which became a second academic home for him. He was a Fullbright lecturer at the University of Sofia in 1997 and a visiting professor there several times, often without pay and at his own expense.

Ken Koford was the editor of the Eastern Economic Journal from 1999 until his death. Koford was co-editor two books “Keynes' Economic Legacy: Contemporary Macro-Economic Theories” that was published in 1988 and “Social Norms and Economic Institutions” that came out in 1991.

Achievements

• As an educator Ken Koford reached great heights throwing his energy into developing courses, advising students and holding research conferences. For his many contributions to university and country, Dr. Koford was awarded an honorary degree by the University of Sofia in 2001.
  
  

Works

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  • Social Norms and Economic Institutions

    (Economists, philosophers, and legal scholars come togethe...)

    1991
  • Keynes' economic legacy: Contemporary economic theories 1988

Membership

Ken Koford was a member of the Coordinating Committee of the Faculty Senate and the General Education Committee. His numerous professional affiliations included membership in the American Economics Association and the American Political Science Association.

Connections

Ken Koford met his wife, Blagovesta N. Dimitrova, in Bulgaria.

Father:

Kenneth H. Koford

Mother:

Theresa Koford

Wife:

Blagovesta N. Dimitrova-Koford

Brother:

Stuart Koford

niece:

Michelle Koford

Stepsister:

Yolanda Vera Koford

Stepmother:

Esperanza Koford