James P. Quirk, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American economist
Date of Birth: 27-Nov-1926
Place of Birth: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Profession: economist
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About James P. Quirk
- James Patrick Quirk (born November 27, 1926) is a Retired Caltech Professor of Economics. Education: Marquette University (civil engineering) 1944-45 BBA University of Minnesota 1948 MA (Econ) University of Minnesota 1949 Ph.D.
- (Economics) University of Minnesota 1959 Thesis: Default Risk and the Loan Market Employment: U.S.
- Navy, 7/1/44 – 7/6-46 Instructor, St.
- Mary’s University, San Antonio, Texas 1949-1951, Economist, Bureau of the Census, Washington D.C.
- 1951-52, Economist, National Income Division, U.
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- of Commerce, Washington, D.C.
- 1952-53, Market Research Analyst, G.
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- Tennant Co., Minneapolis, 1953-1956, Instructor, University of Minnesota, 1957-58, Economist, Pillsbury Co., Minneapolis, 1958, Economist, Northwestern Bell, Minneapolis, 1958, Instructor, Purdue University, 1958-59, Assistant Professor, Purdue University, 1959-1965, Ford Fellowship, UC Santa Barbara, 1962-1963, Professor of Economics, University of Kansas, 1966-1969,Visiting Professor, University of Washington, summer, 1969, University Professor, University of Kansas, 1970-1971, Professor of Economics, Caltech, 1971-1987, Visiting Professor, University of Wyoming, summer, 1972, Visiting Professor, Montana State University, 1979-1980, Retired from Caltech, 1987, Lecturer, University of Maryland, European Division, 1992-1993, Visiting Professor, University of Mississippi, spring semester, 2004,Part-time instructor, Peninsula College, 2008 Research Grants: Ford Foundation Grant, 1963-1964 NSF Research Grant (Qualitative Stability), 1966-1969 Director of Kansas-Missouri Seminar in Quantitative Economics, 1966-1970, NSF funding, 1968-1970 NSF Grant, Nuclear Regulation, 1973-1974 EQL (Environmental Quality Lab) Grant, Cost Escalation in Nuclear Power, 1976-1979 EQL Grant, Western Water Rights, 1978-1980 NSF Grant, Water Resources, 1979-1981 EQL Grant, Cost Estimation Bias and Oil Shale, 1982 NSF Grant, Futures Markets, 1984-1985 Consulting: California Hospital Association, 1971, World Hockey Association, 1972, Alan Cranston senatorial campaign, economic advisor, 1972, U.
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- Department of Justice, sports tax cases, 1974-1975, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1979-1990, Environmental Quality Laboratory, Caltech, 1975-1983, State of Minnesota, stadium issue, 1979,Rand Corporation, 1985-1988, U.
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- Department of Energy, EIA, 1987 – 1995, 2003, St.
- Louis Post Dispatch, stadium study, 1986, State of Wisconsin, stadium study, 1987, State of Washington, stadium study, 2000 He also has a love for jazz and played the cornet with several different jazz bands, Cornet player with Salty Dogs Jazz Band, “On the River”, CUCA Records, 1967 and leader and cornet player, Dungeness Traditional Jazz Band, Sequim WA, 2002-2013.
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