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- Founding Members of the Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics, 1929
- Giannini Foundation Leadership 1928-2015
- Programs in Agricultural and Resource Economics
- Emeriti of the Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics
- Chronology of Faculty and Specialist Appointments at Berkeley, Davis, Los Angeles, Riverside, and Merced
Founding Members of the Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics, 1929
"At the initial stages of its development it is recommended that the following individuals be made members of the staff of the Foundation, with the titles indicated.
C. B. Hutchison, Director of the Giannini Foundation, Professor of Agriculture and Associate Director of Research in the Experiment Station.
B. H. Crocheron, Director of Agricultural Extension, Professor of Agricultural Extension and Agricultural Economist on the Giannini Foundation.
L. W. Fluharty, Specialist in Agricultural Extension and Associate on the Giannini Foundation.
H. R. Wellman, Specialist in Agricultural Extension and Associate on the Giannini Foundation.
H. E. Erdman, Professor of Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Economist in the Experiment Station and on the Giannini Foundation.
Frank Adams, Professor of Irrigation Investigations and Practice and Irrigation Economist in the Experiment Station and on the Giannini Foundation.
R. L. Adams, Professor of Farm Management and Agricultural Economist in the Experiment Station and on the Giannini Foundation.
Walter Mulford, Professor of Forestry and Forest Economist on the Giannini Foundation.
E. C. Voorhies, Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics and Associate Agricultural Economist in the Experiment Station and on the Giannini Foundation.
David Weeks, Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics and Associate Agricultural Economist in the Experiment Station and on the Giannini Foundation.
E. W. Braun, Specialist in Agricultural Extension and Associate on the Giannini Foundation.
S. W. Shear, Assistant Agricultural Economist in the Experiment Station and on the Giannini Foundation.
C. H. West, Assistant Agricultural Economist in the Experiment Station and on the Giannini Foundation.
F. R. Wilcox, Specialist in Agricultural Extension and Associate on the Giannini Foundation.”
Source: The Giannini Foundation for Agricultural Economics, Revised Plan of Organization, May 10, 1929.
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Giannini Foundation Leadership 1928–2022
| Director | Time Frame |
|---|---|
| Claude B. Hutchison | October 1928 – June 1931 |
| Howard R. Tolley | July 1931 – April 1936 |
| Edwin C. Voorhies (Acting) | Intermittent 1932 – April 1936 |
| Murray R. Benedict.(Acting) | May 1936 – October 1937 |
| Carl L. Alsberg | October 1937 – October 1940 |
| Murray R. Benedict (Acting) | November 1940 – December 1941 |
| Harry Wellman (Acting) | January 1942 – April 1942 |
| Harry Wellman | April 1942 – June 1952 |
| R. G. Bressler | July 1952 – June 1957 |
| George L. Mehren | July 1957 – June 1963 |
| Loy L. Sammet | July 1963 – September 1967 |
| David A. Clarke, Jr. | October 1967 – August 1974 |
| James N. Boles (Acting) | August 1974 – June 1975 |
| Loy L. Sammet (Acting) | July 1975 – June 1976 |
| B. Delworth Gardner | July 1976 – June 1982 |
| Director and Exec. Comm. Chair | Time Frame |
|---|---|
| Warren E. Johnston | 1982–1984 |
| Gordon C. Rausser | 1984–1986 |
| Warren E. Johnston | 1986–1988 |
| Hoy F. Carman | 1989–1991 |
| Andrew Schmitz | 1991–1993 |
| Hoy F. Carman | 1993–1994 |
| Richard J. Sexton | 1994–1995 |
| David Zilberman | 1995–1996 |
| Richard J. Sexton | 1996–1997 |
| David Zilberman | 1997–1998 |
| Colin A. Carter | 1998–1999 |
| Anthony C. Fisher | 1999–2000 |
| Colin A. Carter | 2000 |
| Richard J. Sexton | 2000–2003 |
| David Zilberman | 2003–2007 |
| Jeffrey Williams | 2007–2009 |
| Colin A. Carter | 2009–2017 |
| Brian D. Wright | 2017–2022 |
| Daniel A. Sumner | 2022–present |
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Programs in Agricultural and Resource Economics
The Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Policy at Berkeley, the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at Davis, and the Department of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics at Riverside support undergraduate and graduate teaching, research, public service, and cooperative extension programs. Research programs cover agribusiness, agricultural and resource policy, agricultural marketing, applied econometrics, demand analysis, development, environment and resources, finance, food policy, human resources, intellectual property rights/biotechnology, international trade, and production economics. Cooperative extension program areas include farm management and production economics; utilization, development, pricing, and management of natural resources and the environment; food distribution and marketing; food safety; management and finance; market performance and structure; risk management; agricultural labor and personnel management; and trade and development.
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Emeriti of the Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics
- Julian Alston
- Leslie (Bees) Butler
- Hoy Carman
- James Chalfant
- Roberta Cook
- Alain de Janvry
- Ariel Dinar
- Y. Hossein Farzin
- Anthony Fisher
- J. Keith Gilless
- Richard Green
- W. Michael Hanemann
- Shermain Hardesty
- Arthur Havenner
- Richard Howitt
- Lovell Jarvis
- Warren Johnston
- Desmond A. Jolly
- George G. Judge
- Douglas Larson
- Hyunok Lee
- Peter H. Lindert
- Samuel H. Logan
- Philip Martin
- Alex McCalla
- Chester McCorkle
- Alan Olmstead
- Gordon Rausser
- Refugio I. Rochin
- Jeffrey M. Romm
- Howard R Rosenberg
- Gordon A. Rowe
- Lawrence E. Shepard
- Jerome Siebert
- Richard Standiford
- Henry J. Vaux, Jr.
- Stephen Vosti
- James Wilen
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Chronology of Faculty and Specialist Appointments at Berkeley, Davis, Los Angeles, Riverside, and Merced
Departmental Designations
Berkeley
- 1925–1975 – Agricultural Economics
- 1975–1998 – Agricultural and Resource Economics
- 1998–2005 – Agricultural and Resource Economics and Policy
Davis
- Through 1966 – Agricultural Economics (administered by Berkeley)
- 1966–1995 – Agricultural Economics
- 1995–2023 – Agricultural and Resource Economics
Los Angeles Agricultural Economics
- (terminated in 1960)
Riverside
- Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
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Early Appointments
| Year | Appointment |
|---|---|
| Pre-1908 | Leroy Anderson, professor of agricultural practice; superintendent of farm schools |
| 1913 | O. J. Kern, Agricultural Education; taught in Rural Institutions, Berkeley Bertram H. Crocheron, director, Agricultural Extension, Berkeley Frederick L. Griffin, Agricultural Education; taught in Rural Institutions, Berkeley |
| 1914 | Richard L. Adams, agronomy; taught farm management; later held appointment in Agricultural Economics, Berkeley Walter Mulford, forestry, Berkeley |
| 1915 | Elwood Mead, Rural Institutions, Berkeley Frank Adams, irrigation, Berkeley; later appointed to Agricultural Economics, Davis |
| 1919 | Edwin C. Voorhies, animal husbandry; later appointed to Agricultural Economics, Berkeley, Davis |
| 1920 | William R. Camp, Rural Institutions, Berkeley Claude B. Hutchison, director of the College of Agriculture at Davis; later appointed as first director of the Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics, Berkeley |
| 1922 | Henry E. Erdman, Rural Institutions; later appointed to Agricultural Economics, Berkeley |
| 1923 | Lee W. Fluharty, Agricultural Extension, Berkeley; later appointed to Agricultural Economics, Berkeley |
| 1924 | Sherwood W. Shear, Rural Institutions; later appointed to Agricultural Economics, Davis Charles H. West, Rural Institutions, Berkeley |
| 1925 | Harry R. Wellman, Agricultural Extension, Berkeley; later appointed to Agricultural Economics, Berkeley |
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Later Appointments
| Year | Appointment |
|---|---|
| 1925 | Emil Rauchenstein, Berkeley David Weeks, Berkeley |
| 1929 | Claude B. Hutchison, Berkeley |
| 1930 | George M. Peterson, Berkeley Howard R. Tolley, Berkeley |
| 1931 | Murray R. Benedict, Berkeley Ellis A. Stokdyke, Berkeley James N. Tinley, Berkeley, Davis (1950) |
| 1932 | Howard J. Stover, Berkeley |
| 1935 | Harry R. Wellman, Berkeley |
| 1936 | Roy J. Smith, Davis, Los Angeles (1939), Riverside (1959) |
| 1937 | Carl L. Alsberg, Berkeley |
| 1938 | Sigfried von Ciriacy-Wantrup, Berkeley |
| 1939 | Sidney S. Hoos, Berkeley George M. Kuznets, Berkeley |
| 1942 | Dorothy S. Thomas, Berkeley |
| 1946 | Horace Belshaw, Davis George L. Mehren, Berkeley |
| 1947 | Trimble R. Hedges, Davis Ivan M. Lee, Berkeley Chester O. McCorkle, Davis |
| 1948 | Raymond G. Bressler, Jr., Berkeley Varden Fuller, Berkeley, Davis Kenneth D. Naden, Los Angeles Henry J. Vaux, Berkeley John A. Zivnuska, Berkeley |
| 1949 | Jerry Foytik, Davis Edgar L. Haff, Davis |
| 1951 | David A. Clarke, Jr., Berkeley |
| 1952 | Guy Black, Berkeley Chester O. McCorkle, Davis |
| 1953 | James B. Hassler, Berkeley J. Herbert Snyder, Davis |
| 1955 | James N. Boles, Berkeley J. Edwin Faris, Davis Stephen C. Smith, Berkeley |
| 1956 | Norman R. Collins, Berkeley Jerome W. Milliman, Los Angeles Willar F. Mueller, Davis |
| 1957 | Gerald W. Dean, Davis Gordon A. King, Davis Stephen H. Sosnick, Davis |
| 1958 | Harold O. Carter, Davis D. Barton DeLoach, Los Angeles, Davis (1960) Loy L. Sammet, Berkeley |
| 1959 | Michael F. Brewer, Berkeley Ben C. French, Davis Irving F. Hoch, Berkeley H. Russell Shaw, Davis |
| 1960 | David J. Allee, Berkeley Oscar Burt, Davis Curtis C. Harris, Davis |
| 1962 | Theodore S. Goering, Berkeley Davis McEntire, Berkeley |
| 1963 | Warren E. Johnston, Davis Dennis E. Teeguarden, Berkeley |
| 1964 | William McKillop, Berkeley Roger J. Vandenborre, Berkeley |
| 1965 | Joseph D. Coffey, Berkeley Joe B. Stevens, Berkeley |
| 1966 | Alain C. de Janvry, Berkeley Alex F. McCalla, Davis |
| 1967 | Jurg H. Bieri, Berkeley Hoy F. Carman, Davis Samuel H. Logan, Davis |
| 1968 | Peter G. Helmberger, Berkeley Andrew Schmitz, Berkeley |
| 1969 | David E. Hansen, Davis Sylvia Lane, Davis Elmer W. Learn, Davis Theodore P. Lianos, Davis Quirino Paris, Davis David W. Seckler, Berkeley |
| 1970 | Ronald G. Lorentson, Berkeley Richard B. Norgaard, Berkeley Edith Parker, Davis |
| 1971 | Gordon C. Rausser, Davis, Berkeley (1979) |
| 1972 | Daryl E. Carlson, Davis |
| 1973 | E. Phillip LeVeen, Berkeley Henry J. Vaux, Jr., Riverside |
| 1974 | John E. Kushman, Davis |
| 1975 | Richard D. Green, Davis Richard E. Howitt, Davis Richard E. Just, Berkeley Philip L. Martin, Davis Refugio I. Rochin, Davis Lawrence E. Shepard, Davis Barbara S. Zoloth, Davis |
| Year | Appointment |
|---|---|
| 1976 | Peter Berck, Berkeley B. Delworth Gardner, Davis W. Michael Hanemann, Berkeley Rulon D. Pope, Davis |
| 1977 | Alexander Sarris, Berkeley |
| 1978 | Robert A. Collins, Davis Sally K. Fairfax, Berkeley |
| 1979 | Irma Adelman, Berkeley Philip D. Gardner, Riverside Darwin C. Hall, Riverside Arthur M. Havenner, Davis James E. Wilen, Davis David Zilberman, Berkeley |
| 1980 | John Antle, Davis Peter H. Farquar, Davis Jeffrey M. Perloff, Berkeley Jeffrey M. Romm, Berkeley Keith C. Knapp, Riverside |
| 1981 | Ray C. Nelson, Davis |
| 1982 | Frances Antonovitz, Davis Anthony C. Fisher, Berkeley Dale M. Heien, Davis Sherman Robinson, Berkeley |
| 1983 | James A. Chalfant, Berkeley, Davis (1992) J. Keith Gilless, Berkeley |
| 1984 | Thomas W. Hazlett, Davis Lovell S. Jarvis, Davis Larry S. Karp, Berkeley Richard J. Sexton, Davis |
| 1985 | Elisabeth Sadoulet, Berkeley Brian D. Wright, Berkeley |
| 1986 | Colin A. Carter, Davis Robert D. Innes, Davis, Merced (2009) George G. Judge, Berkeley Lars J. Olson, Riverside |
| 1987 | Michael R. Caputo, Davis J. Edward Taylor, Davis |
| 1988 | Julian M. Alston, Davis Douglas M. Larson, Davis |
| 1989 | Marilyn D. Whitney, Davis |
| 1990 | Perry A. Sadorsky, Riverside |
| 1991 | Garth J. Holloway, Davis |
| 1992 | Michael B. Ward, Berkeley |
| 1993 | Daniel A. Sumner, Davis |
| 1994 | Ethan Ligon, Berkeley Arthur C. Thomas, Riverside |
| 1995 | Catherine J. Morrison Paul, Davis |
| 1996 | Severin Borenstein, Berkeley* Y. Hossein Farzin, Davis |
| 1997 | Scott D. Rozelle, Davis David L. Sunding, Berkeley Jeffrey C. Williams, Davis |
| 1998 | Rachael E. Goodhue, Davis Jeffrey T. LaFrance, Berkeley Leo Simon, Berkeley |
| 1999 | Linda M. Fernandez, Riverside Kurt A. Schwabe, Riverside |
| 2000 | Edward Andrew Miguel, Berkeley Catherine D. Wolfram, Berkeley |
| 2001 | Stephen R. Boucher, Davis W. Bowman (Bo) Cutter, Riverside Ann E. Harrison, Berkeley Aaron D. Smith, Davis |
| 2002 | Kenneth A. Baerenklau, Riverside Guido Imbens, Berkeley Sofia Berto Villas-Boas, Berkeley |
| 2003 | Maximilian Auffhammer, Berkeley Jean O. Lanjouw, Berkeley |
| 2006 | Meredith Fowlie, Berkeley David Roland-Holst, Berkeley* Leo Simon, Berkeley* C.-Y. Cynthia Lin Lawell, Davis Travis J. Lybbert, Davis |
| 2007 | Jeremy Magruder, Berkeley Pierre Mérel, Davis Stephen A. Vosti, Davis* James Sanchirico, Davis* |
| 2008 | Michael Anderson, Berkeley Christian Traeger, Berkeley Ariel Dinar, Riverside |
| 2009 | Michael Carter, Davis Katrina Jessoe, Davis |
| 2012 | Kevin Novan, Davis Joshua Graff Ziven, San Diego* |
| 2013 | Dalia Ghanem, Davis Thibault Fally, Berkeley |
| 2014 | Aprajit Mahajan, Berkeley Timothy Beatty, Davis |
| 2015 | James Sallee, Berkeley Kristin Kiesel, Davis Solomon Hsiang, Berkeley* |
| 2016 | Jens Hilscher, Davis Fran Moore, Davis* Ashish Shenoy, Davis |
| 2017 | Bruce Babcock, Riverside Bulat Gafarov, Davis Marco Gonzalez-Navarro, Berkeley |
| 2018 | Mark Agerton, Davis Joseph Shapiro, Berkeley |
| 2019 | Jamie Hansen-Lewis, Davis |
| 2020 | Matthew Reimer, Davis |
| 2021 | Katherine Wagner, Berkeley |
| 2022 | Francis Annan, Berkeley |
| Year | Appointment |
|---|---|
| 1923 | Lee W. Fluharty, Berkeley |
| 1925 | Harry R. Wellman, Berkeley |
| 1927 | Elmer W. Braun, Berkeley Francis R. Wilcox, Berkeley |
| 1929 | Arthur Shultis, Berkeley |
| 1930 | Burt B. Burlingame, Berkeley |
| 1931 | William C. Ockey, Berkeley |
| 1932 | Wallace Sullivan, Berkeley |
| 1934 | Dallas W. Smythe, Berkeley |
| 1935 | John B. Schneider, Berkeley J. Murray Thompson, Berkeley |
| 1937 | George B. Alcorn, Berkeley |
| 1938 | G. Alvin Carpenter, Berkeley |
| 1939 | Lee C. Benson, Berkeley |
| 1948 | A. Doyle Reed, Berkeley, Davis (1954) Robert C. Rock, Berkeley, Riverside (1952) |
| 1954 | Gordon A. Rowe, Berkeley Ralph G. Rush, Berkeley |
| 1955 | Philip S. Parsons, Davis |
| 1957 | Kenneth R. Farrell, Berkeley |
| 1959 | Eric Thor, Berkeley |
| 1961 | Oswald P. Blaich, Berkeley Olan D. Forker, Berkeley |
| Year | Appointment |
|---|---|
| 1962 | John W. Mamer, Berkeley Edward A. Yeary, Kearny Agricultural Center, Parlier |
| 1963 | George E. Goldman, Berkeley L. Tim Wallace, Berkeley |
| 1964 | William W. Wood, Jr., Riverside |
| 1966 | Jerome B. Siebert, Berkeley |
| 1970 | Richard H. Courtney, Berkeley Leon Garoyan, Davis Kirby S. Moulton, Berkeley |
| 1971 | Desmond A. Jolly, Davis |
| 1972 | James H. Cothern, Davis |
| 1979 | L. Joe Moffitt, Riverside Kent D. Olson, Davis |
| 1981 | Karen M. Klonsky, Davis Howard R. Rosenberg, Berkeley Etaferahu Takele, Riverside |
| 1982 | John L. Baritelle, Riverside |
| 1985 | Roberta L. Cook, Davis |
| 1987 | Leslie J. (Bees) Butler, Davis |
| 1990 | Steven C. Blank, Davis |
| 1993 | Douglas D. Parker, Berkeley |
| 2002 | Alix Peterson Zwane, Berkeley Shermain D. Hardesty, Davis |
| 2011 | Doug Parker, UC ANR |
| 2016 | Tina Saitone, Davis |
| 2018 | Ellen Bruno, Berkeley Mehdi Nemati, Riverside |
| 2020 | Brittney Goodrich, Davis |
| 2023 | James Sayre, Davis |
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