Background
Labys, Walter Carl was born on July 25, 1937 in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Walter Henry and Mary Helen (Markiewicz) Labys.
Labys, Walter Carl was born on July 25, 1937 in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Walter Henry and Mary Helen (Markiewicz) Labys.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 1959. Master of Business Administration, Duquesne University, 1962. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1965.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Nottingham, England, 1968.
Senior economist, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Geneva, 1969-1971; visiting professor, Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, 1971-1975; visiting scholar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1981-1982; professor of resource economics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, since 1975. Consultant World Bank, Washington, 1987-1990, United Nations, Geneva, Vienna, 1975-1990.
(Economics by a Professor of Resource Economics, College o...)
Member Harvard Club of Western Pennsylvania, West Virginia University Club (president 1986-1987), Mountain Wine Tasting Society (president 1978-1981), Phi Delta Phi (honorary).
Married Jane Elizabeth Reardon, August 26, 1967. Children: Walter Paul, Charlotte Alexandria.