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Shields, Currin V.
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1918-1984
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1918 February 18, born in LaPorte, Indiana.
1937-1938, Worked in the advertising art department of the <emph render='italic'>Chicago Tribune.</emph>
1939-1941, Research assistant with the Legislative Council in Nebraska.
1941, Received A. B. degree from University of Nebraska.
1941-1943, Research position in the Political Science Department, University of Wisconsin.
1943, Received Ph.M., University of Wisconsin.
1943-1944, Assistant to the Director at the Civil Affairs Training School.
1944-1946, drafted into the U. S. Army as Second Lieutenant.
1946, Cowles Fellow at Yale University.
1946-1947, Assistant in instruction at Yale University.
1948-1950, Instructor at Yale University.
1950, Received Ph.D., Yale University.
1950-1960, Assistant and associate professor in the Political Science Department, UCLA.
1953-1955, Served with 22nd Congressional District, Democratic Council of California; host of a radio program entitled "What's the issue?" at station KFWB in Hollywood.
1953-1961, Consultant for the United Steelworkers of America legislative education program.
1955-1957, Co-chairman of the California Democratic Council Political Action Committee.
1958, Published <emph render='italic'>Democracy and Catholicism in America; </emph>consultant with the National Endowment for the Humanities.
1960, Married Marjorie Miller Rowe (second marriage).
1960-1984, Professor, Department of Government, University of Arizona.
1963-1972, Director, Institute of Government Research, University of Arizona.
1968, Democractic candidate for governor of Arizona.
1969-1974, Board Member, Consumer Federation of America.
1969-1980, President, Arizona Consumers Council.
1970, Platform Committee, Democratic Party of Arizona.
1972-1984, Director, Community Services Center, University of Arizona.
1973-1975, Member Consumer Advisory Committee, Federal Energy Commission.
1975-1979, Member, National Advertising Review Board.
1974-1977, Chairman, National Conference of Consumer Organizations.
1975-1978, Director, Group Health of Arizona.
1976-1984, Member, President's Consumer Advertising Council; Director, National Consumer Affairs Internship Program.
1977-1984, Director, National Consumer Symposium, Inc.
1984 April 25, died at age 66.
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