BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Melvin Harju was born December 2, lpUl, at Wya.net,
Illinois. He attended schools in Illinois and the Upper
Peninsula of Michigan and was graduated from Hall
Township High School in Spring Valley, Illinois, in June,
1959 Thereafter, he attended Knox College in Galesburg,
and received the degree of Bachelor of Arts with a major
in Sociology in 1963. After spending two years as an
Army Artillery officer, he worked for Illinois Bell
Telephone Company in the Chicago Surburban area. In 1967
he enrolled in the Graduate School of the University of
Florida and received the degree of Master of Arts with a
major in Economics in 1968. From September, 1968, until
the present time he has pursued his work toward the degree
Doctor of Philosophy, and since September, 1971, has been
assistant professor of economics at Hope College, Holland,
Michigan.
Melvin Harju is married to the former Gwen Hughes,
and is the father of one child. He is a member of the
American Economic Association.
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