Join us at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 11 for our next Ask A Bishop event: How the COVID-19 pandemic will affect our children, families, households, and communities in the future. Learn from alumnus Glenn Blomquist ’67, Professor of Economics and Public Policy Emeritus at the University of Kentucky, about how our individual and public policy responses to this pandemic will forever change our world. The session will be moderated by Bob Gitter, Ph.D, Joseph A. Meek Professor of Economics at Ohio Wesleyan University.
Glenn C. Blomquist ’67 is the Carl F. Pollard Professor of Health Economics Emeritus and Professor of Economics and Public Policy Emeritus at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. His appointments were in both the Department of Economics of the Gatton College of Business and Economics and in the James W. Martin School of Public Policy and Administration until 2017. He is a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan, B.A., Ohio State University, M.A., and the University of Chicago, Ph.D.
His areas of interest are health economics, environmental economics, urban economics, and public policy. His work deals with valuation of risks to human health and safety, valuation of urban and environmental amenities, benefit-cost analysis, and public policy.
At Ohio Wesleyan, Glenn majored in Economics, was member of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity, and was on the track and cross country teams.
Register today at https://www.owu.edu/calendars/details/ask-a-bishop-from-preschool-to-college-the-effects-of-covid-19-on-children-families-and-households/2021-02-11/
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