Robert Wallace Rafuse

Background

Rafuse,, Robert Wallace was born on November 3, 1936 in North Adams, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Robert Wallace and Erma Lois (Sites) Rafuse.

Education

Bachelor, Harpur College, State University of New York, 1958. Postgraduate, Institute d'Etudes Politiques, University Bordeaux, France, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1964.

Career

Assistant professor economics George Washington University, Washington, 1965-1969. Assistant director economics division Mathematica, Inc., 1969-1971. Deputy chief economist National Planning Association, 1971-1975, director research center, 1975-1977.

President Phoenix Associate, Inc., 1977-1979. Deputy assistant secretary for state and local finance United States Department Treasury, since 1979. Consultant Municipal Finance Officers Association, Chicago, 1974-1979, United Nations Capital Development Fund, New York City, 1975, 78, National Governors Association, Washington, 1977-1978, Advisory Commission on Intergovtl.

Relations, Washington, 1965-1969, 76-79. Study director, principal author Federal-State-Local Fiscal Relations: Report to the President and the Congress, 1985.

Membership

Soccer referee United States Soccer Federation, Fairfax, Virginia, since 1980. Member American Economic Association, National Tax Association, National Association Business Economists, Finance Forum of Washington (secretary 1974).

Connections

Married Diane Isabel Nester, September 16, 1961. Children: Ethan Sepp, Jonathan Robert, Stephen James.

Father:

Robert Wallace Rafuse,

Mother:

Erma Lois (Sites) Rafuse,

Spouse:

Diane Isabel Nester

child:

Ethan Sepp Rafuse,

child:

Stephen James Rafuse,

child:

Jonathan Robert Rafuse,