Background
Falcon, Walter Phillip was born on September 28, 1936 in Iowa, United States. Son of Norman Falcon.
Falcon, Walter Phillip was born on September 28, 1936 in Iowa, United States. Son of Norman Falcon.
Bachelor, Iowa State University, 1958. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1962.
Assistant professor department economics Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1963-1966, general economic and agricultural economic adviser Pakistan Planning Commission of Development Advisory Service, 1964-1965, lecturer, development adviser, 1966-1972. Consultant agricultural economics Government of Indonesia, since 1968, department director, 1970-1972, director research, 1966-1970. Professor economics, director Food Research Institute Stanford (California) University, California, 1972-1991, director, since 1991.
Member presidential committee on world hunger, 1978-1980. Trustee Agricultural Development Council.
(Book by Falcon, Walter P., Jones, William O.)
Trustee Agricultural Development Council. Member American Economic Association, American Association Advisory Science.
Married Laura Hann; children: Lesley, Phillip, Andrew.