Background
Hildreth, ROland James was born on November 26, 1926 in Des Moines. Son of Roland James and Emma (Lehman) Hildreth.
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ROland James Hildreth
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Education
Bachelor of Science, Iowa State University, 1949; Master of Science in Industrial Economics, 1950; Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, 1954 postgraduate in economics, University of Minnesota, 1950-1952.
Career
Instructor, Augsburg College, Minneapolis, 1950-1952; assistant professor agricultural economics and sociology, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., 1954-1958; with, Texas Agriculture Experiment Station, 1954-1962; research coordinator W. Texas, Texas Agriculture Experiment Station, 1958-1959; assistant director, Texas Agriculture Experiment Station, 1959-1962; associate manager, director, Farm Foundation, Chicago, 1962-1970; manager, director, Farm Foundation, 1970-1991. Member joint county Food and Agricultural Sciences, USDA, 1978-1985. Consultant county education American Veterinary Medical Association, 1977-1987.
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Membership
Member national county Boy Scouts American, 1973-1975. Member of advisory committee Council Rural Health, American Medical Association, 1970-1977. Member of advisory county on consumer affairs American Bankers Association, 1971-1973.
Member citizens advising committee College Physical Education, University of Illinois, 1966-1969. Board directors Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, Illinois, 1968-1982, National Center for Volunteer Action, 1970-1972. With United States Army, 1945-1947.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Soil and Water Conservation Society, American Agricultural Economics Association(president 1977-1978). Member International Association Agricultural Economists (secretary-treasurer 1973-1991), American Country Life Association (past president).
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Married May Helen Carlson, June 8, 1947. Children: Christine, Jeffrey, Paul.
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Nationality
American