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Curriculum Vita of William Clark Bailey

2005 –

Professor and Director, School of Agriculture, Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois – specialties in Supply Chain Management, Market Information Systems

1993 - 2005

Professor and Chair in Agribusiness, Massey University Palmerston North, New Zealand

1990- 1993

Vice President and Director of Research, World Perspectives, Inc. Washington, DC

1985- 1990

United States Department of Agricultural, Washington, DC Deputy Under-secretary of Agricultural for International Affairs and Commodity Programs, Deputy Vice President of the Commodity Credit Corporation and Deputy Administrator, Agricultural Stabilisation and Conservation Service

1982 - 85

Manager, Commodity Analysis, General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota

1979 - 82

Chief Economist, U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, Washington, DC

1978-79

Economist, Office of Transportation, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC

Education:

Bachelor of Science, Foreign Trade, University of Idaho, 1969
Master of Arts, Education, Pepperdine University, 1973
Master of Science, Agricultural Economics, University of Idaho, 1975
Doctorate of Philosophy, Agricultural Economics, University of Missouri, 1978

Military: Captain, United States Marine Corps, 1969 - 1974

Honours:

Distinguished Centennial Alumnus, University of Idaho, 1989
Distinguished Individual Achievement Award, U. S. D. A., 1988
Certificate of Appreciation, U.S.D.A., 1979
Gamma Sigma Delta Agricultural Honorary, 1975

Recent Consulting

- “Indonesian Market Information System”, World Bank, Jakarta, Indonesia, 2008-09

- Weekly world dairy market reports for ASB Bank, Auckland, New Zealand

- Bi-weekly agricultural columns for New Zealand Farmer’s Weekly

- World Dairy Price Forecasts, Kraft Foods, Glenview, Illinois – 2005 to present