James L. "Jim" Stallings
Born: 1930 Indiana.
Raised on a general farm of up to 400 acres during 1930
through 1948.
B.S.
1952 Purdue University.
Took Advanced ROTC, commissioned Army 2nd Lt. 1952.
Served
in Korea 1953-1954 as Commander of a landing craft (LCU), with a
crew of 14, in the Inchon and Yellow Sea area.
Promoted to 1st Lt in Korea.
Mobilization Designation upon discharge in May 1954 in the
Reserves: Captain.
M.S.
1956 at Purdue University.
PhD
Michigan State University in Agricultural Economics and General
Economics with minors in Mathematical Statistics and Philosophy,
1959. Took one quarter
at Duquesne University in African History and Culture and Swahili
Language in anticipation of an East African assignment.
Took “Total Emersion” for 6 weeks in French language at
Berlitz in Atlanta.
Took other courses in International Trade, International Development
and Systems Analysis at different schools.
Served
with the Department of Commerce, Bureau of Census in Washington, DC
as a Branch Chief and Supervisory Statistician 1964-1968.
Had various types of
professorships at New Mexico State University, U. of Nebraska, West
Virginia University and Auburn University over a 30+ year period.
While at the U. of Nebraska was Economist with the USDA
working on Great Plains projects and an Adjunct with the U. of
Nebraska for teaching.
Served
as Lecturer and Head of Social Sciences at Morogoro Agriculture
College, Morogoro, Tanzania, East Africa. (1967-1969)
From
about 1967 through 1989 participated in as many as ten different
overseas projects in Africa, the Caribbean and in Guyana, while on
the faculties of West Virginia University and Auburn University.
Have been in 24 different African countries and worked
significantly in seven of them: Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Swaziland
twice, Burkina Fasso, Mali and Rwanda.
Also had a project each in Guyana and the East Caribbean
Common Market on Antigua in the Caribbean.
