By:
Chuck Woods (352) 392-1773 x 281Source:
Michael Olexa olexa@ufl.edu, 352-392-1881 ext. 327
GAINESVILLE, Fla.—Daniel Ogden, a consultant whose 40-year career includes university teaching and public service, will be the 2004 Wershow Distinguished Lecturer April 2 at the University of Florida Levin College of Law, Holland Hall, Room 190. His 4 p.m. presentation — The Making of Agricultural Policy — is free and open to the public.
Established in 1985 by James S. and Dorothy Wershow, the lecture series is sponsored by the Agricultural Law Center in UF’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences in collaboration with the Wershow family.
Michael Olexa, a professor in the food and resource economics department and director of the Agricultural Law Center, said Ogden was invited to speak at UF because of his wide range of experience in developing policies for agriculture and natural resource management.
Ogden, who now resides in Vancouver, Wash., retired in 1988 after serving as manager of the Public Power Council, a Portland, Ore., trade association representing customers in the Bonneville Power Administration. From 1978 to 1984, he was director of the Office of Power Marketing Coordination in the U.S. Department of Energy.
He served as dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and professor of political science at Colorado State University from 1968 to 1976. Throughout his career, he has been active in politics, including service as an advance man for President Kennedy during his 1960 campaign.
In 1961 Ogden joined the resources program staff in the Office of the Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior and became assistant director of the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation in 1964. In 1967, he became director of budget for the interior department.
Ogden’s career included teaching political science at Washington State University from 1949 to 1961. During that time, he also served for a year as a professional staff member of the Committee for Interstate and Foreign Commerce of the U.S. Senate, and for a year as special consultant to the chairman of the Democratic National Committee in Washington, D.C.
Odgen has doctoral and master’s degrees in political science from the University of Chicago, and a bachelor’s degree in political science from Washington State University. He has authored more than 40 articles in professional journals and co-authored a book, Electing the President, published in 1968 and 1970.
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