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George Edward Schuh, a former dean of the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs of the University of Minnesota, died Sunday, May 4th from complications after a May 1 open-heart surgery. He was 77.
Professor Schuh was one of the world's most respected agricultural economist. He served as Deputy Under Secretary for International Affairs and Commodity Programs of the U.S. Department of Agriculture during the Carter administration, as senior staff economist on President Ford's Council of Economic Advisors, as director of agricultural and rural development at the World Bank from 1984-1987 and was awarded Brazil's highest scientific honor in 2006.
He was a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Science, the American Agricultural Economics Association and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
He authored six books, edited six others, and published research articles in numerous journals. |
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