August 28, 2003
AMES, Iowa — Jon Lauck, a candidate for a faculty position in agricultural law at Iowa State University, will present a seminar during his visit to campus on Tuesday, Sept. 16.
Lauck's seminar, which is open to the public, will be held at 4:10 p.m. in Room 2050, Agronomy Hall. Lauck is an assistant professor at South Dakota State University, and formerly practiced law with Johnson, Heidpriem, Miner, Marlow and Janklow in Sioux Falls, S.D. He received his Ph.D. in economic history from the University of Iowa in 1997 and a law degree from the University of Minnesota in 2000. He is the author of "American Agriculture and the Problem of Monopoly: The Political Economy of Grain Belt Farming, 1953-1980," published by the University of Nebraska Press.
The person who fills the position in ISU's economics department will lead extension programs, conduct research and teach classes. Neil Harl, a Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor in Agriculture and a nationally prominent leader in agricultural law and economics, is retiring this year after 39 years at Iowa State.