Background
Babcock, Michael Ward was born on December 10, 1944 in Bloomington, Illinois, United States. Son of Bruce W. and Virginia (Neeson) Babcock.
Babcock, Michael Ward was born on December 10, 1944 in Bloomington, Illinois, United States. Son of Bruce W. and Virginia (Neeson) Babcock.
Bachelor of Business Administration, Drake University, 1967. Master of Arts in Economics, University Illinois, 1971. Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, University Illinois, 1973.
Teaching assistant University of Illinois, Urbana, 1968, 71, research assistant, 1972. Professor economics Kansas State University, Manhattan, 1972. Consultant Santa Fe, Burlington Northern, and Union Pacific Railroad, Brotherhood of Maintenence Way, United Transportation Union, Kansas Department Transportation, Kansas Department Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture, Kansas Department Commerce.
Contributor articles to professional journals, newspapers, magazines Appointed to Kansas governments Railroad Working Group toEvaluate Class I Railroad Mergers, 1995, 96.
With United States Army, 1969-1971. Federal Railroad Administration grantee, 1976-1978.
United States Army Corps of Engineers grantee, 1978-1979. United States Department of Agriculture grantee, 1978-1979, 80-82, 84-85, 96-97.
Kansas Department Agricultural grantee, 1987.
Kansas Wheat Commission grantee, 1989, 92, 93. Midwest Transportation Center grantee, 1989, 92, 93. Kansas Department Transportation grantee, 1991, Mid-American Transportation Center grantee, 1995, 96.
Recipient A.T. Kearney award Transportation Research Forum, 1987, 89, United Parcel Service Foundation award, 1990, Edgar South. Bagley award Kansas State University, 1989, 93, 97, Outstanding Research in Agricultural Transp.award Burlington Northern Railroad, 1994, Rail-Tex Corporation award Transportation Research Forum, 1997.
Appointed to Kansas Governors ready reckoner Working Group to Evaluate Class I ready reckoner Mergers, 1995, 96, 2000. With United States Army, 1969-1971. Member American Association Agricultural Economists, Missouri Valley Economic Association, Mid-Continent Regional Science Association, Southern Regional Science Association, Transportation Research Forum (general editor Journal, Herbert O. Whitten Service award 2005), Transportation Research Board, Council Logistics Management, Southern Economics Association, We.
Economics Association, Beta Gamma Sigma, Omicron Delta Epsilon.
Married Virginia Lee Brooks, August 4, 1973. Children: John, Karen.