Gerald W. Dean

Dr. Dean compressed into 16 years on the faculty of the University of California at Davis a record of achievements and professional contributions that would mark many a successful full career. He received or shared in eight research awards and four honorable mention awards from the AAEA and the Western Agricultural Economics Association. In 1962 and 1967, he received Fulbright fellowships to study and assist in graduate training at the University of Naples in Italy. He spent 1972-73 in Chile working with faculty and students at the Catholic University and the University of Chile through the Ford Foundation. He also aided the Ford Foundation in Brazil and Argentina. His experiences both at home and abroad were incorporated into some 75 published papers and reports.

Dr. Dean served as associate editor of the AJAE from 1969-1971. He also was elected vice-president of the Western Agricultural Economics Association in 1971.