Vernon W. Ruttan papers 1947-2004

University of Minnesota. Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics

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Farm economics first appeared as a collegiate-level course in the University’s College of Agriculture 1896-1897 Catalogue. The 1898-1899 College of Agriculture Catalogue listed farm economics under the Agriculture Course of Study with the following description, “Farm management, rotation, weeds, labor, prices, purchases and sales, farm finances, the permanent farm investment, agricultural pedagogics.” Farm economics does not appear in later catalogues, but agricultural economics app...

Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs

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The School of Public Affairs was established at the University of Minnesota in 1968. In 1978, the School was significantly expanded and renamed The Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs. The Institute "is dedicated to excellence in education for public responsibility. As a living memorial to the public life and ideals of Hubert H. Humphrey, it seeks to enhance Minnesota's contribution to public and political life." From the guide to the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public...

University of Minnesota. Dept. of Economics

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Ruttan, Vernon W.

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Vernon W. Ruttan, B.A. Yale University (1948), M.A. (1950), Ph.D. (1952) University of Chicago. Appointed as professor and head of department of Agricultural Economics at the University of Minnesota in 1965. Awarded Regents' Professor in 1986 and Professor Emeritus in 2000. Best known for his research in what causes change and the effects technological innovation have on economics and agricultural. Along with Japanese economist Yijiro Hayami, he developed the Ruttan-Hayami Model of ...