DATE:    11/5/99
CONTACT: Dr. Hal Harris, (864) 656-3479
EDITOR:  Bill Baker, (865) 656-3875

Clemson Professor Receives National Award

     CLEMSON -- Clemson University professor Hal Harris recently
received the R. J. Hildreth Award for national leadership in
public policy education.
     The award was presented at the National Public Policy
Conference in St. Paul, Minn. on Sept. 20. Named in honor of
longtime Farm Foundation managing director Jim Hildreth, the 
award was presented on behalf of the Foundation and the National
Public Policy Education Committee.
     Harris is an Extension agricultural economist and a
professor of agricultural and applied economics at Clemson. He
was cited for his educational programs, leadership and
scholarship among a broad array of policy issues including farm
and food policy, dairy policy, international trade policy, animal
waste policy, and public issues education.
     "Hal Harris has made many outstanding contributions to South
Carolina agriculture and the sector nationally through his public
policy extension and research programs," said Clemson Extension 
Director Dan Smith.
     Harris currently serves as president of the Clemson
University Extension Senate, president-elect of the Southern
Agricultural Economics Association, and vice chairman of the 
Council on Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics. He was
awarded the Clemson Alumni Association Distinguished Public
Service Award in 1995.
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