June 2002, Emeritus
Professor of Economics, California
State
University, Bakersfield;
September 1977 to December
2000 (Retired),
Professor of Finance (Tenured in 1977), California State University, Bakersfield;
September 1974 to
December
2000 (Retired),
Professor of Economics (Tenured in 1974), California State University, Bakersfield;
1979 to 1995,
Board of
Directors, Center for Economic Education and Research, California State University, Bakersfield;
Summer 1986,
Visiting Professor of Economics and Finance, National School of Finance
and Management
(Savings and Loan Institute), Fairfield, CT;
Summer 1974,
Visiting Professor, Economics Institute, University of Colorado;
September 1973 to
December
1979,
Director, Center for Economic Education, California State University, Bakersfield;
September 1972 to
September 1974,
Associate Professor of Economics, California
State University, Bakersfield;
January 1970 to January
1972
Consultant to U.S. Department of State,
Agency for International Development, The
Mission to Ethiopia;
March 1967 to August
1972,
Assistant Professor of Economics (Tenured in 1972), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University;
July 1968 to March 1969,
Fulbright Visiting Professor, Universidad del Pacifico, Lima, Peru; and,
July 1967 to September
1967,
Visiting Research Economist, Federal
Reserve Bank
of Richmond;
Licenses and
Certifications
I have had the following licenses and certifications:
Series Three Licensed
Associated Person by the Commodity
Futures
Trading Commission (CFTC) and the National Futures Association
(NFA)
as a Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA) and as a
Commodity
Pool Operator (CPO) from February 1988 until I retired from this
activity in 2004;
Registered Forensic
Economist
(RFE) by the American
Rehabilitation Economics Association (AREA) from
August
1994 until I retired from this activity in 2001; and,
Board Certified
Forensic
Examiner (BCFE) by, and Fellow and Diplomate of,
the American College of Forensic Examiners,
from September 1994 until I retired from this activity in 2001.
Other Professional
Experience
I have engaged in a variety of non-academic activities
including:
Commodity Pool Operator
and Commodity Trading Advisor for CALFUTURES '94, a
limited
partnership registered with the CFTC and engaged in the trading of
commodities from March 1994 through December 2004;
Principal of Venture
I,
a Partnership operating as a Commodity Pool Operator and Commodity
Trading Advisor from 1988 through 2004;
Commodity Pool Operator
and
Commodity Trading Advisor for CALFUTURES '91, a limited
partnership registered with the CFTC in March 1992 and engaged in the
trading of
commodities from March 1993 through December 1993;
General Partner, Liberty
Wind Park I, a California Limited Partnership, July 1982 to
November
1985;
General Partner, Wind
Energy Partners, Bakersfield, June 1982 to August 1990;
General Partner, American
Wind Energy Systems, Bakersfield, January 1981 to July 1982;
Proprietor of Consulting
Economist, a consulting firm specializing in Economic Consulting,
Legal/Forensic Consulting, and Business Valuations, Springville,
California, January
1981 to through December 2002;
General Partner, Econotech
(Economic and Legal Consulting), Bakersfield, March 1980 to January
1981;
Weekly Newspaper
Columnist,
Tule River Times, December 1989 through June 1994;
Weekly Newspaper
Columnist,
Southland, April 1992 through June 1994;
Weekly Television
Commentary
provided on KERO-TV, Channel 23, Bakersfield, December 1979 to
June
1990;
General Partner, Systems
Management Associates, Bakersfield, November 1972 to March 1980;
Consultant to King
College,
Tennessee, for Computer Use in Undergraduate Instruction, 1969; and,
Consultant to the "Bright
Undergraduate Research Project" at Virginia Polytechnic Institute
and
State University, 1969.