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Joseph D. Coffey - 1997
Midlothian, Virginia
B.S., Agricultural Economics, 1960
Dr. Joseph Coffey is vice president of Economics and Planning at Southern
States Cooperative, Inc. in Richmond, Va. Southern States manufactures and
distributes feed, seed, fertilizer, and petroleum products, and markets grains
through a network of 500 stores in six states. As vice president, Dr. Coffey
is responsible for strategic planning, market analysis, and economic forecasting.
He has been with Southern States for 15 years.
Previously, Dr. Coffey served on the faculty of the University of California
at Berkeley, and was head of the Department of Agricultural Economics at
Virginia Polytechnic Insti-tute and State University. Dr. Coffey also was
an analyst
on the Planning, Evaluating, and Program-ming Staff of the Office of the
Secretary of Agriculture.
Dr. Coffey certainly has a colorful passport. In 1963, he served as an agricultural
advisor with North Carolina State University Agricultural Mission in Lima,
Peru. While in Peru, he also was assigned the position of visiting professor
of social sciences at the Agrarian University. Dr. Coffey has traveled
to Canada, Switzerland, and Albania to serve as a guest lecturer or advisor,
offering
wisdom and advice on agricultural issues. In 1981, he took part in a scientific
mission to the People's Republic of China.
Since his time at Purdue when he was a member of Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity,
Dr. Coffey has been an active promoter of agriculture. He is a member
and current chair of the Council for Agricultural Research, Education,
and
Teaching (CARET),
a national proponent of agricultural programs at land-grant universities.
He was honored by President Nixon with a Citation for Work on Rural Development
in 1972. In 1996, he received the Outstanding Friend of Virginia Agriculture
Award. As a trusted resource on the topic of agricultural economics,
Dr. Coffey
has served on dozens of profes-sional committees and has spoken to more
than 500 national, international, state, and local groups.
For contributions to his profession and community, and for bringing distinction
to his alma mater, Purdue University School of Agriculture is proud to
present the Distinguished Alumnus Award to Dr. Joseph D. Coffey.
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