Background
Wells, Oris Vernon was born on December 18, 1903 in Slate Springs, Mississippi, United States. Son of William Allen and Annie May (Putnam) Wells.
Wells, Oris Vernon was born on December 18, 1903 in Slate Springs, Mississippi, United States. Son of William Allen and Annie May (Putnam) Wells.
Bachelor of Science, New Mexico State University, 1928; Doctor of Laws, New Mexico State University, 1952; postgraduate, Harvard University, 1931-1932; Doctor of Science (honorary), Montana State College, 1950.
Economist, USDA, Washington, 1929-1961;
statistical advisor, War Food Administration, Washington, 1942-1945, 45-46;
member program committee, USDA, 1953-1959;
chief Bureau Agricultural Economics, USDA, 1946-1953;
administrator agricultural marketing service, USDA, 1953-1961;
statistical adviser, Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations), 1945-1946;
assistant director-general, Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations), Rome, 1961-1963;
deputy director-general, Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations), Rome, 1963-1971. Member general administration board USDA Graduate School, 1946-1961. Board directors Commodity Credit Corporation, 1951-1961.
Liaison representative USDA to food and nutrition board National Research Council, 1951-1961. Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations) delegate United Nations Conference on Trade and Development III, Santiago, 1972, United Nations Conference on Environmental, Stockholm, 1972. Advisor United States delegate Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations) Conference, 1946, 48, 49, 5l, 55, 57.
Visiting lecturer University of Wisconsin, 1949. Regents lecturer University of California, Berkeley, spring 1973. Cons.on food information systems Ford Foundation, 1973-1975.
Fellow American Farm Economics Association (president 1949), American Statistical Association. Member Agricultural History Society, Society International Development, International Conference Agricultural Economists, Cosmos Club (Washington), Alpha Zeta.
Married Frances Ingram, May 28, 1930. Children: Frances Jean, William Allen.