Harold D. Guither
Harold D. Guither | |
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| Born | June 16, 1927 Walnut, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | September 13, 2024 (aged 97) Davenport, Iowa, U.S. |
Harold Daniel Guither (June 16, 1927 – September 13, 2024) was an American agricultural economist and writer.
Life and career
[edit]Guither was born in Walnut, Illinois, on June 16, 1927. He attended Walnut Community High School.[1] He spent 14 months in the United States Navy at the end of World War II.[1] He graduated from the University of Illinois College of Agriculture with a B.S. in agriculture and an M.S. in agricultural economics. He was an agricultural economist for Doane Agricultural Service in St. Louis, Missouri.[1]
In 1956, Guither joined the editorial staff at the University of Illinois, advising in agricultural communications.[1] He obtained a Ph.D. in agricultural economics in 1962. In 1966, he joined the Department of Agricultural Economics. Guither was secretary-treasurer of the Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers for 10 years. He retired from the University of Illinois in 1995.[1] He was a member of the American Agricultural Economics Association. He received the 1999 ACES Award of Merit.[2]
In 1998, he authored a book on the history of the animal rights movement. He took a "middle of the road" position on animal rights and described the sociological characteristics of the movement.[3] It has been described as an attempt "to provide an unbiased examination of the paths and goals of the members of the animal rights movement and of its detractors".[4]
Guither died in Davenport, Iowa, on September 13, 2024, at the age of 97.[5]
Selected publications
[edit]- Food Lobbyists: Behind the Scenes of Food and Agri-Politics (1980)[6]
- The American Farm Crisis: An Annotated Bibliography With Analytical Introductions (1987)
- Animal Rights and Animal Welfare: Implications for Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers (1994)
- Animal Rights: History and Scope of a Radical Social Movement (1998)[3]
- Professional Services for Agriculture: 75 Years of Farm Management, Rural Appraising and Consulting (2004)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Harold D. Guither. web.library.uiuc.edu. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ "Harold D. Guither". acesalumni.illinois.edu. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ a b Jones, Susan D. (1999). "Reviewed Work: Animal Rights: History and Scope of a Radical Social Movement by Harold D. Guither". Agricultural History. 73 (1): 106–107. JSTOR 3744211.
- ^ "Animal Rights: History and Scope of a Radical Social Movement". bibliovault.org. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ "Harold Guither". Morgan Memorial Home. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ^ Mayer, Leo V. (1981). "Reviewed Work: The Food Lobbyists: Behind the Scenes of Food and Agri-Politics". American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 63 (1): 179–180. doi:10.2307/1239830. JSTOR 1239830.
- 1927 births
- 2024 deaths
- 20th-century American non-fiction writers
- American agricultural economists
- American animal rights scholars
- Historians of animal rights
- University of Illinois College of Agriculture, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences alumni
- United States Navy personnel of World War II
- People from Bureau County, Illinois