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Marvin L. Klein

Title: Professor, Food Marketing & Agribusiness Management

Department: Food Marketing & Agribusiness Management

Room: 94-360

Phone: (909) 869-2076

E-Mail: MLKLEIN@CSUPOMONA.EDU

Home Page: www.csupomona.edu/~mlklein

Tenure: 1981, Agriculture Business Management and Agricultural Education

Education:

BS, Economics, Western Michigan University, 1970.
MA, Economics, Western Michigan University, 1972.
Ph.D., Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University, 1979

Biography

Dr. Klein is a professor in the Food Marketing and Agribusiness Management/Agricultural Education Department. He has been on the faculty at Cal Poly Pomona University since 1981. Prior to that he was a marketing extension economist for two years at Kansas State University. He has considerable experience working with business and industry. He has worked with business leaders and government officials when developing international trade and investment conferences. Dr. Klein has conducted a survey of Southern California food and agribusiness firms to assess the educational needs for prospective managers in the food system. Additionally, he has substantial international consulting experience in Russia, Sri Lanka, Yemen Arab Republic, and Ghana, West Africa. He also taught at Tokyo University of Agriculture in Japan for two years.

Teaching Areas/Expertise

Ethical Issues in Agriculture
Financial Analysis for Agribusiness
Seminar in Food Systems Management
Agricultural Commodity Marketing and Futures Trading
Managing Agri-marketing Organizations

Research Interests

Dr. Klein has conducted research on the educational needs of southern California food and agricultural firms. His current research interests are in the area of ethics and values and the reaction of agriculturalists and consumers to scientific and technological knowledge in the food and agricultureal system.

Awards/Honors/Professional Organizations

Japanese Association for Language Teaching
Administrative Award of Merit. Kellogg-Voorhis Chapter, Gamma Sigma Delta Honor Society for Agriculture, 1991.
Junior Faculty Award of Merit, Kellogg-Voorhis Chapter, Gamma Sigma Delta Honor Society for Agriculture, 1988.
Wall Street Journal Student Achievement Award, 1970.

11/29/01





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