VITAE
NAME:Kenneth W. Chilton
TITLE:Professor of Management and Director of the Institute for Study of Economics and the Environment, LindenwoodUniversity, St. Charles, MO.
EDUCATION:
B.S., NorthwesternUniversity, Evanston, Illinois, Industrial Engineering and Management Science, July 1967 (with distinction).
M.S., Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, Management Science, September 1968.
M.S.B.A., WashingtonUniversity, St. Louis, Missouri, Business Administration, May 1992.
Ph.D., WashingtonUniversity, St. Louis, Missouri, Business Administration, December 1994.
HONORS: Beta Gamma Sigma, Tau Beta Pi, Pi Mu Epsilon, Alpha Pi Mu
CAREER SUMMARY:
Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy (formerly Center for the Study of American Business), WashingtonUniversity, St. Louis, Missouri
Distinguished Senior Fellow, July 1998 – March 2001.
Director, June 1995 - June 1998.
Acting Director, September 1994 - May 1995 (Sept 1988 - May 1989, Aug 1979 - June 1980).
Deputy Director, July 1991 - August 1994.
Associate Director, July 1980 - June 1991.
Assistant Director, August 1977 - August 1979.
Auto Sell, Creve Coeur, Missouri
Owner, a computerized advertising service for used automobiles, February 1977 - August 1977.
Permaneer Corporation, Maryland Heights, Missouri
Treasurer/Director of Business Planning, February 1976 - February 1977.
Director of Business Planning, February 1975 - February 1976.
Senior Financial Analyst, February 1974 - February 1975.
McDonnell Douglas Corporation, St. Louis, Missouri
Management Sciences Consultant and Engineer, September 1968 - February 1974.
Teaching Experience:
LindenwoodUniversity–Professor of Management
Microeconomics, Economics and the Environment,
Economic Issues (MBA), International Economics (MBA) Spring 2002
WashingtonUniversity– Department of Economics
Business, Government and the Global Marketplace, Spring 1995
WashingtonUniversity – UniversityCollege (night school program)
Business, Government and the Public, Spring 1989-1991
Managerial Economics, Fall 1988-1990
FontbonneCollege – Department of Business Administration
Business, Government and the Public, Spring 1986-1988
PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC ACTIVITIES:
61st (2007) edition of Who’s Who in America
Advisor, Task Force on Natural Resources, American Legislative Exchange Council
Advisory Editor, Society, Transaction Periodicals, RutgersUniversity
Member, National Association for Business Economics
BOOKS
The Dynamic American Firm, co-editor and contributing author, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1996.
Environmental Protection: Regulating for Results, co-editor and contributing author, Westview Press, 1991.
American Manufacturing In A Global Market, co-editor, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1989.
Public Policy Toward Corporate Takeovers, co-editor, Transaction Books, 1988.
JOURNAL ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS
(1992 – present)
“Environmental Engineers and Economists – Strange Bedfellows or Natural Allies?” Environmental Engineer, Vol. 41, No. 3, Summer 2005.
“Placing Children’s Environmental Health Risks in Perspective,” in Children’s Environmental Health: What Role for the Federal Government, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, S. Prt. 107-62 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office) November 30, 2001.
“How Real Are Environmental Health Risks to Children?” in Legislators’ Guide to Children’s Issues, Pacific Research Institute, November 2001.
“Improving Environmental Health Policy,” Society, Vol. 38, No. 5, July/August 2001.
“Stricter Federal Regulations May Be Counterproductive in Preventing Air Pollution,” in William Dudley, ed., TheEnvironment: Opposing Viewpoints (San Diego: Greenhaven Press, Inc., 2001).
“Reengineering U.S. Environmental Protection,” Business Horizons, Vol. 43, No. 2, March-April 2000.
“20-20 Foresight: How Changes in the Regulatory Climate Provide Threats and Opportunities to Environmental Professionals,” Environmental Engineer, Vol. 36, No. 1, January 1999.
“It’s Time to Overhaul America’s Environmental Protection System,” Mining Voice, September/October 1999.
“Recycling in Perspective,” (co-author) Ecostates, The Journal of the Environmental Council of the States, Washington, D.C., Fall 1999.
“Overplaying Environmental Threats to Children,” Consumers’ Research, April 1999.
“Environmental Alarmism: The Children's Crusade” (co-author), Issues in Science and Technology, Volume XV, No. 2, Winter 1998-99.
“Applying Economic Principles to Environmental Protection,” Ecostates (The Journal of the Environmental Council of the States), Winter 1999.
“Is It Time to Rethink the Clean Air Act?” (co-author), Briefly . . .Perspective on Legislation, Regulation and Litigation, National Legal Center for Public Interest, Vol. 2, No. 6, June 1998.
“Fostering Environmental Protection and Economic Growth,” Journal of Private Enterprise, Vol. XIII, No. 1, Fall 1997.
“Sound Standards Require Cost-Benefit Analysis,” Regulation Magazine, Winter 1997.
“Government and the ‘Anxious Class’,” Business and Society Review, Number 96, July 1996.
“Smog in America: The High Cost of Hysteria,” Society, July/August 1996.
“Recycling (Introduction),” (co-author) Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, 4th edition (John Wiley & Sons, 1996).
“Battling Urban Smog: The Need for Fundamental Reform,” in A Better Way: An Environmental Blueprint for the Future (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Policy Analysis Network, 1996).
“American Manufacturers Respond to the Global Marketplace,” in Kenneth Chilton, Murray Weidenbaum, and Robert Batterson, eds., The Dynamic American Firm (Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1996).
“The Crumbling of the Old Social Contract,” (co-author) in The Dynamic American Firm, 1996.
“Fashioning a New Social Contract for the American Workplace,” (co-author) in The Dynamic American Firm, 1996.
“Health and Smog: No Cause for Alarm” (co-author), Regulation, November 3, 1995.
“How American Manufacturers are Facing Up to the Global Marketplace,” Business Horizons, Vol. 38, No. 4, July-August 1995.
“Lincoln Electric’s Incentive System: A Reservoir of Trust,” Compensation and Benefits Review, Vol. 26, No. 6, Nov/Dec 1994.
“Who Is ‘Responsible’ for Garbage?” (co-author), Environmental Engineer, Vol. 30, No. 4, October 1994.
“Using the Wrong Measures for Smog” (co-author), Regulation, Number 1, May 1994.
“Germany’s ‘Green Dot’ Shows the Perils of Ignoring the Economics of Recycling” (co-author), American Enterprise, March/April 1994.
“False Economy: The Folly of Demand-Side Recycling,” Environment,January/February 1994.
“Lincoln Electric’s Incentive System: Can It Be Transferred Overseas?”, Compensation & Benefits Review, Vol. 25, No. 6, November/December 1993.
“Do We Need a New Smog Standard?” (co-author), Environmental Engineer, Vol. 29, No. 3, July 1993.
“Clean Water’s Muddied Future” (co-author), Environmental Engineer, Vol. 29, No. 2, April 1993.
“Limits of Pollution Prevention” (co-author), Society, Vol. 30, No. 3, March/April 1993.
“Solid Waste Policy Should Be Directed by Fundamental Principles, Not Ill-Founded Feelings,” Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Special Issue, Vol. 8, January 1993.
“A Critique of Risk Modeling and Risk Assessment of Municipal Landfills Based on U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Techniques” (co-author), Waste Management & Research, Vol. 10, December 1992.
“Recycling for Recycling’s Sake” (co-author), Journal of Regulation and Social Costs, Vol. 2, No. 3, November 1992.
“Everyone Knows that ‘Recycling is the Answer,’ But What is the Question?” (co-author), Environmental Engineer, Vol. 28, No. 4, October 1992.
“Elements of an Overdue National Dialogue on the Environment,” Journal of Regulation and Social Costs, Vol. 2, No. 1, March 1992.
“Does America Need a Federal Garbage Man?” Reason Foundation, March 1992.