Background
Corbet, Richard Hugh was born on November 18, 1936 in Perth, Australia. Arrived in the United States, 1990. Son of John Arthur and Freda Marian (Sherwood) Corbet.
educator Trade policy specialist writer
Corbet, Richard Hugh was born on November 18, 1936 in Perth, Australia. Arrived in the United States, 1990. Son of John Arthur and Freda Marian (Sherwood) Corbet.
Bachelor, University Adelaide, Australia, 1960. Postgraduate, University Keele, England, 1990—1993.
Research assistant, Cazenove & Company, stockbrokers, London, 1961-1962;
research assistant conservative backbench commission on European community, British House of Commons, London, 1962-1963;
economics correspondent, Thomson Newspapers, London, 1963-1965;
specialist writer, The Times, London, 1965-1968;
director, Trade Policy Research Center, London, 1968-1989;
managing editor, The World Economy, Boston and Oxford, England, 1977-1989;
guest scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the Brookings Institute, Washington, 1990-1992;
senior fellow, Manhattan Institute, New York and Washington, 1992-1993;
director trade policy program Sigur Center for Asian Studies, George Washington University, Washington, 1993-1997;
president, Cordell Hull Institute, Washington, since 1998. Special advisor Opposition Spokesmen on Trade, British House of Commons, London, 1978-1979. Consultant on trade policy International Chamber of Commerce, Paris, 1979-1983.
Member of advisory commission on studies in international trade policy University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, since 1989. Member of advisory board The World Economy, Oxford and Boston, since 1990. Consultant European Institute Japanese Studies, Stockholm, 1994-1997.
Consultant Swiss-Asia Foundation, Lausanne, since 1996.
Served with Australian Army, 1955-1956. With Citizen Military Forces Australian Army, 1957-1961. With Royal Ulster Rifles British Territorial Army, 1961-1962.
Married Rosalind Mary Willett Bevan, June 10, 1961 (divorced October 1978). Children: Zoe Mary Louisa, John Llewelyn Guy Sherwood.