Filed under: 2008 Corn Belt Seed Conference
Filed under: 2008 Corn Belt Seed Conference
Filed under: 2008 Corn Belt Seed Conference
Morton Marcus
Lecturer in Business Economics and Public Policy
Kelley School of Business
Director—Indiana Business Research Center, Co-Director—Indiana Center for Econometric Model Research, Lecturer in Business Economics and Public Policy
Director—Indiana Business Research Center, Co-Director—Indiana Center for Econometric Model Research, Kelley School of Business
IU Bloomington
Interests:
Economics and public policy
Education:
- B.A. at Roosevelt University, 1961
- M.A. at Washington University, 1963
Background:
Morton Marcus has studied Indiana and Midwest economies since 1970 and is a leading expert on population, personal income, and manufacturing output in the Midwest. He is a syndicated columnist on economic issues as well as a Lecturer in Business Economics & Public Policy (School of Business).
Filed under: 2008 Corn Belt Seed Conference
November 11-12, 2008 Indianapolis, IN
Dick Lugar has served in the U.S. Senate longer than any other Hoosier. He is the Republican leader of the Foreign Relations Committee, and a member and former Chairman of the Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee.
Senator Lugar was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1976. In 2006 he was re-elected to his sixth term. No other Hoosier Senator has been elected to more than three terms. He has been elected with a two-thirds majority in his last four elections.
Education and Family
Richard Green Lugar was born April 4, 1932, in Indianapolis. He was the oldest of three children of Marvin and Bertha Lugar. An Eagle Scout, he graduated first in his class at both Shortridge High School, Indianapolis and Denison University, Granville, Ohio. At Denison, he was co-president of the student government with his future wife, Charlene Smeltzer.
In 1954, he went on to Pembroke College, Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, where he received an honors degree in politics, philosophy and economics. A member of Phi Beta Kappa, he has been awarded 41 honorary degrees from colleges and universities in 14 states and the District of Columbia.
The Lugars were married on September 8, 1956. They have four grown children: Mark, Robert, John and David, along with thirteen grandchildren. They are members of St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, Indianapolis.
