American agricultural economist (1917–2002) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gae Virginia Adamson Bennett (April 20, 1917 – March 30, 2002) was an American agricultural economist and author.[1][2][3]
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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]
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]
Bennett died on March 30, 2002, at the age of 84 and is interred at Dayton Cemetery in Rockingham County, Virginia.[17]
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