My Travel Through Life: Memoir of Family Life and Federal Service - Softcover

Hiemstra, Stephen J

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1942199031 ISBN 13: 9781942199038

Publisher: T2pneuma Publishers LLC, 2016

Synopsis

Stephen J. Hiemstra (PhD) chronicles his early life, schooling, military service, and civilian service in the federal government.

Stephen is a Professor Emeritus at Purdue University and former Senior Research Fellow in the School of Business and Public Policy at George Washington University. He is the founder and Director of the hospitality Ph.D. program in the Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management at Purdue University. He is currently retired and living in Falls Church, Virginia.

Stephen has 15 years of experience in teaching and research, and 23 years in administration and research at the USDA. His areas of research focused primarily on:

1. Supply and demand for lodging services, and impacts of room taxes on the lodging industry;
2. Tourism forecasting and impact analysis;
3. Foodservice industry structure and demand analysis; and,
4. School foodservice purchasing, pricing, and management.

He published over 200 refereed articles including 75 refereed journal articles. He was the recipient of I-CHRIE Lifetime Research Award (John Wiley & Sons) award and the Editor of National Food Situation for 7 years.

His grants and management consulting related to foodservice, lodging, and tourism include:

1. U.S. food assistance program evaluation, management and administration;
2. food marketing economics - e.g. food demand, price analysis, and projections, Management information processing and analysis, State Extension Service Agricultural Economist; and
3. U.S. Air Force where he served as Communication's Officer in Korea.

He has an extensive bibliography of published research, and considerable experience in public speaking and TV and radio presentations, is computer literate, and adept at quantitative statistical analysis.

Stephen is a graduate with a bachelors and master's degree from Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. He received his doctorate in agricultural economics at University of California at Berkeley in 1960, after service in the U. S. Air Force. He grew up on a grain-livestock farm in near Oskaloosa, Iowa.

ISNI: 0000-0000-2990-6376, Personal Memoirs/Historical

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Stephen J. Hiemstra's My Travel Through Life brings back wonderful memories of the formative times in U.S. food policies and programs, and the people involved. Those who were active in agricultural economics from the 1960s to the end of the century are reminded that this creative period saw the birth pangs, growth and refinement of food programs that are taken for granted by many today. For most of those programs, Hiemstra was present at the creation, preparing the necessary preliminary research, analyzing options, evaluating results, advising policy makers and informing important audiences. His role in the evolution of USDA's programs that now feed millions of Americans should not be understated. There is much more to learn and enjoy in this very readable journey of a very productive life." Dr. John E. Lee, Jr. retired Administrator of USDA's Economic Research Service and Professor Emeritus, Mississippi State University. I remember my nephew Stephen as a handsome and well mannered young man. I knew he would be successful as he grew up with good Christian parents. After he married Hazel, they would always visit John and I on the farm when they came to Iowa. I normally served coffee time which included my homemade buns. I always enjoyed Stephen and Hazel, and appreciated their visits. Aunt Leona (Hiemstra) TerLouwPella, Iowa

Stephen Hiemstra's accomplishments are overshadowed by the care he showed as a father, husband, mentor, and colleague. His autobiography shows his journey throughout his life, how his life work touched the lives of thousands, and his contributions to his discipline, government, and organizations that he committed his professional life. Dr. Hiemstra was a brilliant thinker and problem solver, who was patient with those who didn't have his intellect. He was also a man of God, a statesman, a leader, and, more importantly, my friend. Dr. Carl A. Boger Jr.Professor, Clinton L. Rappole Endowed ChairCollege of Hotel and Restaurant ManagementUniversity of Houston

Dr. Stephen Hiemstra was my advisor during my doctoral program at Purdue University and I would like to thank him for his dedication in helping me begin my own career as a hospitality researcher. He is a real gentleman who invited doctoral students to his house for dinner, a practice which I have continued with my own students.  Dr. Woody G. KimProfessor, Robert H. Dedman Professor of Hospitality Management Director of Graduate Studies and of the International Center for Hospitality Research and DevelopmentCollege of Business, Florida State University

Dr. Hiemstra is a great example of the value to society (and for himself) of higher education, made possible for many through the land grant university system. His impact on society through his work at Purdue University and the United States Department of Agriculture will be long remembered. Dr. Neil E. HarlCharles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor in Agriculture Emeritus Professor of Economics , Member, Iowa Bar Former Director, Center for International Agricultural Finance

As we learned from Dr. Stephen J. Hiemstra, life is a journey where we travel from moment to moment, from research to education, from government to university, from discovery to discovery. As one of his first doctoral students, I caught his passion for the journey, his passion for research, his passion to live life in its fullest--it was an honor to have been his student. For me, he was a role model and a mentor that I will never forget. Hailin Qu, Ph.D.Regents Professor & William E. Davis Distinguished ChairDirector of the Center for Hospitality & Tourism ResearchSchool of Hotel and Restaurant AdministrationOklahoma State University

About this edition

• Publisher: T2pneuma Publishers LLC
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1942199031
• ISBN 13: 9781942199038
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 326
• Editor: Hiemstra Stephen W