Texas

Dr. Bruce A. McCarl and Dr. James W. Richardson recently received awards at the annual American Agricultural Economics Association conference in Providence, RI. McCarl was presented the Fellows Award, and Dr. James W. Richardson was presented the Distinguished Teaching Award for Graduate Teaching: More than 10 Year's Experience.

"The awards program of the American Agricultural Economics Association recognizes and enhances professional excellence in agricultural economics. Students, young professionals, and experienced members are selected on the basis of their achievements in research, teaching, and extension activities," according to the association's website, www.aaea.org/.

McCarl is Regents Professor of agricultural economics at Texas A&M University. He does research and teaches on the economic implications of global climate changes, water use policy, and environmental and agricultural policy design. He examines mathematical programming usage and risk analysis. He is known internationally as the leading expert in using mathematical programming for economic and policy analysis.

Richardson is a Texas A&M University Regents professor of agricultural economics and a Texas Agricultural Experiment Station Faculty Fellow. His research and graduate teaching responsibilities are in public policy and simulation analysis. His specialty is evaluating the farm-level impacts of agricultural and tax policies on crop, livestock and dairy farms. He has been awarded more than $7 million in major grants and contracts for Texas A&M since 1998.

McCarl earned a bachelor of science degree in business statistics from the University of Colorado in 1970 and a doctorate in management science from Pennsylvania State University in 1973.

Richardson earned a bachelor of science degree in agricultural economics from New Mexico State University in 1971. He earned a master of science degree and a doctorate in agricultural economics from Oklahoma State University in 1973 and 1978, respectively.

Date: 8/25/05