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D. Gale Johnson

Agricultural Economists

David Gale Johnson (1916 to 2003) was an American agricultural economist and an expert on the agricultural economies of Russia and China. He chaired the department of economics at the University of Chicago, where he helped lead a program of agricultural economics research that attracted funding from the Rockefeller Foundation, and he served as president of the American Economics Association in 1999. The New York Times called him a pioneer in agricultural economics, and he was a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

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Birth Year
1916 1
Death Year
2003 1
Nationality
American 1
Defining Contribution
Agricultural economist and longtime chair of the University of Chicago economics department, described by the New York Times as a pioneer in agricultural economics. 1
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  • opening sentence
    David Gale Johnson (July 10, 1916, April 13, 2003) was an American economist and an expert on Russia and China.
  • fourth sentence
    Johnson was chairman of the department of economics at the University of Chicago and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
  • Works In: Agricultural Economics, Lead
    He was also a fellow of the American Agricultural Economics Association and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
  • In Group: North American Agricultural Economists, Lead
    David Gale Johnson (July 10, 1916, April 13, 2003) was an American economist and an expert on Russia and China.
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