Biography:Gae Bennett
Gae Virginia Adamson Bennett (April 20, 1917 – March 30, 2002) was an American agricultural economist and author.[1][2][3]
Early life and marriage
Bennett was born on April 20, 1917, in Whitmer, West Virginia, the eldest of eight children.[4] Her parents were Bruce Adamson and Opal Sites.[5] She was married to Oran Bennett, a chemist in the Bureau of Animal Industry, and they had one son and one daughter.[6][7][8]
Career
Bennett started her federal service in the 1940s as a researcher with the Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering (BPISAE).[9] While working for the United States Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service as chief agricultural economist and statistical coordinator,[10][11][12] Bennett authored and co-authored numerous published articles, volumes and books on agricultural production and trade around the world, with a focus on the Western Hemisphere.[13][1] During her time in the department, Bennett was also a staff writer for Foreign Agriculture magazine.[14] In her role with the agency, she helped to maintain the Foreign Agricultural Trade System of the United States.
In 1970, Bennett was appointed as an observer to the Inter-American Statistical Institute, representing the U.S. government.[15][16] Bennett retired from government service in 1979 and moved to Northern Virginia.[17] Her work continues to be sited by researchers in the fields of agricultural economics, pollution, food policy, and global trade.[18][19]
Death
Bennett died on March 30, 2002, at the age of 84 and is interred at Dayton Cemetery in Rockingham County, Virginia.[17]
Works
- Sulphur in Fertilizers, Soil Amendments, and Manures, 1949[9]
- Fertilizer Expenditures in Relation to Farm Income in Various States, 1952[20]
- Foreign Agriculture Economic Report, 1961[21]
- Food Balances for 24 Countries of the Western Hemisphere, 1964[22]
- The Agricultural Situation in the Western Hemisphere, 1965[23]
- U.S. Agricultural Trade with the Western Hemisphere, 1965[24][25]
- Agricultural Policies in the Western Hemisphere, 1967[26]
- The Agricultural Situation in the Far East and Oceania, 1969[27]
- Agricultural Production and Trade of Colombia, 1973[28][29][30]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Portrait of Gae Adamson Bennett (b. 1917)" (in en). https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/v692t7380.
- ↑ "Publications Received". Journal of Farm Economics 47 (4): 1045–1052. 1965. ISSN 1071-1031. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1236355.
- ↑ Ledogar, Robert J. (1975) (in en). Hungry for Profits: U.S. Food & Drug Multinationals in Latin America. IDOC/North America. ISBN 978-0-89021-034-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=vDG7AAAAIAAJ&q=%22Gae+A.+Bennett%22.
- ↑ "Gae V Adamson", United States Census, 1930; Pendleton, West Virginia, United States; roll T626, page 9A, line 20, enumeration district 7, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved on 2023-10-06.
- ↑ "Entry for Bruce Adamson and Opal Adamson", United States Census, 1920; Allegany, Maryland, United States; roll T625, page 14A, line 20, enumeration district 27, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved on 2023-10-06.
- ↑ West Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1928
- ↑ "Gae Bennett", United States Census, 1940; Pendleton, West Virginia, United States; roll T627, page 3B, line 70, enumeration district 36-7A, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved on 2023-10-06.
- ↑ (in en) Official Register of the United States: Persons in the Civil, Military, and Naval Service, Exclusive of the Postal Service. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1957. https://books.google.com/books?id=TAZfjON-JnAC&dq=Oran+L+Bennett&pg=PA438.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 (in en) American Fertilizer. Ware Bros.. 1949. https://books.google.com/books?id=oB5IAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Gae+A.+Bennett%22.
- ↑ Pimentel, David; Kounang, Nadia (1998). "Ecology of Soil Erosion in Ecosystems". Ecosystems 1 (5): 416–426. ISSN 1432-9840. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3658674.
- ↑ (in en) ERS-foreign. Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. https://books.google.com/books?id=YY0oAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22Gae+A.+Bennett%22&pg=RA13-PA33.
- ↑ (in en) Foreign Agriculture. The Service. https://books.google.com/books?id=S-cd7b4nYmIC&dq=%22Gae+A.+Bennett%22&pg=RA8-PA12.
- ↑ Naive, James Jackson (1965) (in en). ERS-foreign. Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. https://books.google.com/books?id=dR5o5o5OTMIC.
- ↑ (in en) Foreign Agriculture. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service. 1970. https://books.google.com/books?id=NABYAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22Gae+Bennett%22+%22USDA%22&pg=RA13-PA8.
- ↑ (in en) Statistical Reporter. Division of Statistical Standards, Bureau of the Budget. 1970. https://books.google.com/books?id=jLQo2p8ec6sC&dq=%22Gae+A.+Bennett%22&pg=PA16.
- ↑ (in en) American Bibliography of Agricultural Economics. American Agricultural Economics Association. 1973. https://books.google.com/books?id=vkpPAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22Gae+A.+Bennett%22&pg=RA1-PA193.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 "Gae Adamson Bennett Obituary". Daily News-Record. April 1, 2002.
- ↑ Garnache, Cloé; Swinton, Scott M.; Herriges, Joseph A.; Lupi, Frank; Stevenson, R. Jan (2016). "Solving the Phosphorus Pollution Puzzle: Synthesis and Directions for Future Research". American Journal of Agricultural Economics 98 (5): 1334–1359. ISSN 0002-9092. https://www.jstor.org/stable/44132445.
- ↑ Evans, Gregory A.; Halbert, Susan E. (2007). "A Checklist of the Aphids of Honduras (Hemiptera: Aphididae)". The Florida Entomologist 90 (3): 518–523. ISSN 0015-4040. https://www.jstor.org/stable/4494178.
- ↑ (in en) Abstracts of Recent Published Material on Soil and Water Conservation. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service. 1953. https://books.google.com/books?id=um8Sfa4mh_oC&dq=%22Gae+A.+Bennett%22&pg=RA1-PA55.
- ↑ (in en) Foreign Agricultural Economic Report. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service. 1961. https://books.google.com/books?id=TRJrNcnZiAwC&dq=%22Gae+A.+Bennett%22&pg=PA49.
- ↑ Bennett, Gae A. (1964) (in en). Food Balances for 24 Countries of the Western Hemisphere, 1959-61. Foreign Regional Analysis Division, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. https://books.google.com/books?id=TKQYzQEACAAJ.
- ↑ Naive, James J.; Bennett, Gae A. (1965) (in en). U.S. Agricultural Trade with the Western Hemisphere. USDA. https://books.google.com/books?id=5gsWzQEACAAJ.
- ↑ Naive, James Jackson (1965) (in en). U.S. Agricultural Trade with the Western Hemisphere. Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. https://books.google.com/books?id=iD0wzgEACAAJ.
- ↑ Lassanyi, Mary E. (1987) (in en). Mexico and Its Developing Agricultural Market, 1979-March 1987: 199 Citations. U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library. https://books.google.com/books?id=CBZmu3owjEsC&dq=%22Gae+A.+Bennett%22&pg=PA18.
- ↑ "Agricultural policies in the Western Hemisphere, by Gae A. Bennett and other economists in the Western Hemisphere Branch" (in en). https://primo-pmtca01.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?vid=SFUL&tab=default_tab&docid=01SFUL_ALMA21187386090003611&lang=en_US&context=L&query=title,exact,Critical%20food%20studies,AND&mode=advanced.
- ↑ Greenshields, Bruce L.; Krause, Elfriede Anne; Urban, Francis S.; Bennett, Gae Adamson; Lemon, Isaac Edward; Lopes, James; Parker, John B.; Wylie, Kathryn Hulen et al. (1969) (in en). The Agricultural Situation in the Far East and Oceania: Review of 1971 and Outlook for 1972. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service. https://books.google.com/books?id=tjxiAQAACAAJ.
- ↑ Bennett, Gae Adamson; Hutchison, John H.; United States. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service (1973). Agricultural production and trade of Colombia. National Agricultural Library U. S. Department of Agriculture. [Washington, D.C.] : Economic Research Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. http://archive.org/details/agriculturalprod343benn.
- ↑ Bennett, Gae Adamson (1973) (in en). Agricultural Production and Trade of Colombia. Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. https://books.google.com/books?id=x4dEAAAAYAAJ&q=Gae+Bennett.
- ↑ (in en) Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1973. https://books.google.com/books?id=jJlZrUuEr5sC&dq=%22Gae+A.+Bennett%22&pg=RA6-PA43.
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