Biography:

University professor; economics consultant. Born– September 26, 1925, Pickens, S.C. Parents– Elijah D. and Ida (Hendricks) Chastain. Married– Marian B. Faulker, August 25, 1956. Children– Two. Education– Clemson University, B.S., 1947; Cornell University, M.S., 1948; Purdue University, Ph.D., 1956. U.S. Army, Captain, WWII.  Taught at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1949-1956; research assistant at Purdue University, 1954-1956; professor and  director of graduate studies in the School of Business at Auburn University , 1956-89. Editor of the Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science, 1962-1965. Member American Agricultural Economics Association, American Economics Association, Southern Economics Association, Alabama Academy of Science. Died March 24, 1989.

Source:

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Joint_Publication(s):

Adaptation of corporate organization to family farms.  Auburn Agricultural Experiment Station, 1963.

Father-son farming: Resource accumulation and efficiency aspects of intergenerational family farm business arrangements.  Auburn Agricultural Experiment Station, 1963.

Farm Business Management. Auburn, Ala.; s.n., 1966.

Opportunities for profit on your farm.  Auburn Agricultural Experiment Station, 1959.

Problem recognition in agriculture, managerial adjustment opportunities.  Auburn Agricultural Experiment Station, 1959.

Production-consumption interrelationships of Alabama farm family businesses.  Auburn Agricultural Experiment Station, 1963.