Background
Hardin, Lowell Stewart was born on November 16, 1917 in near Knightstown, Indiana, United States. Son of J. Fred and Mildred (Stewart) Hardin.
Hardin, Lowell Stewart was born on November 16, 1917 in near Knightstown, Indiana, United States. Son of J. Fred and Mildred (Stewart) Hardin.
Bachelor of Science, Purdue University, 1939; Digital Array Gas-cell correlation radiometer (honorary), Purdue University, 1990; Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell Univercity, 1943.
Graduate assistant, instructor, Cornell Univercity, 1939-1943; instructor, assistant and associate professor, professor, Purdue University, 1943-1965; Adjunct Professor agricultural economics, Purdue University, 1965-1966; professor, Purdue University, 1981-1984; emeritus professor, assistant director international programs, Purdue University, since 1984; acting head department agricultural economics, Purdue University, 1954-1957; head department, Purdue University, 1957-1965; also director, Purdue Work Simplification Laboratory. Program adviser agriculture Ford Foundation, 1965-1966, program officer agriculture, 1966-1981. Former trustee International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas, Aleppo, Syria, International Svc. for National Agricultural Research, The Hague, The Netherlands, Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development, Morrilton, Arkansas.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Agricultural Economics Association (president 1963-1964). Member International Association Agricultural Economists, Sigma Xi, Alpha Gamma Rho, Phi Kappa Phi, AlphaZeta, Sigma Delta Chi.
Married Mary J. Cooley, September 21, 1940. Children: Thomas Stewart, Joyce Ann, Peter Lowell.