Professor of sociology and professor of the comparative study of development (emeritus) at Brown University in Providence, R.I., and professor of economics (emeritus) at the University of Washington, Seattle; Prof. of Economics at the University of Washington, member of the Associated Staff of the Oversears Development Council ; 1976/77 Lead Analyst for Panel 12 of the World Food and Nutrition Study of the National Academy of Sciences ; studying probelms of growth, stagnation, and long-run change in Southern Asia (Stand: 1979)