Background
Metcalf, Virgil Alonzo was born on January 4, 1936 in Branch, Arkansas, United States. Son of Wallace Lance and Luella J. (Yancey) Metcalf.
Metcalf, Virgil Alonzo was born on January 4, 1936 in Branch, Arkansas, United States. Son of Wallace Lance and Luella J. (Yancey) Metcalf.
Bachelor of Science in General Agriculture, University Arkansas, 1958. Master of Science in Agricultural Economics, University Arkansas, 1960. Diploma in Economics, University Copenhagen, 1960.
Doctor of Philosophy in Agricultural Economics, University Missouri, 1964.
Assistant professor, U. Missouri, Columbia, 1964-1965;
assistant to chancellor, U. Missouri, Columbia, 1964-1969;
associate professor, U. Missouri, Columbia, 1965-1969;
professor, executive assistant to the chancellor, U. Missouri, Columbia, 1969-1971;
professor economics, vice president administration, Arizona State University, Tempe, 1971-1981;
professor School Agribusiness and Natural Resources, Arizona State University, Tempe, 1981-1988;
professor international business College of Business, Arizona State University, Tempe, since 1988. Assistant to the chancellor U. Missouri, 1964-1969, coordinator international programs and studies, 1965-1969, member budget committee, 1965-1971, chairman, co-chairman several task forces. Consultant Ford Foundation, Bogota, Colombia, 1966-1967.
Member negotiating team United States Agency for International Development, Mauritania, 1982, consultant, Cameroon, 1983, agricultural research specialist, India, 1984, agribusiness consultant, Guatemala, 1987, 88, assistant director Reform Cooperatives Credit Project, El Salvador, 1987-1990. Co-director United States Information Agency university linkage grant Catholic U., Bolivia, 1984-1989. Consultant World Vision International, Mozambique, 1989.
Member City of Tempe University Hayden Butte Project Area Committee, 1979. Board commissioners Columbia Redevelopment Authority. Member workable project committee City of Columbia Housing Authority.
Economics officer United States Army Reserve, 1963, economic analyst, 1964-1966. Member American Association Agricultural Economists, Society for International Development, Samaritans (chairman 1976, board directors 1976, member task force of health service board trustees 1974, health service 1974-1978, chairman program subcommittee 1975), Kiwanis, Blue Key, Gamma Sigma Delta, Alpha Zeta, Alpha Tau Alpha.
Married Janice Ann Maples, July 2, 1958. Children: Deborah Ann, Robert Alan.