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About Dr. John W. Mitchell
Economist, Western Region


John Mitchell received his B.A. degree from Williams College and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Oregon. He is a fellow of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Oregon and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He was a professor of economics at Boise State University for 13 years before joining U.S. Bancorp in July of 1983. His regional publications include: The Economic Update, the Business Barometer, U.S. Territory and Oregon Tidbits. He currently writes a column for Oregon Business Magazine and Sterling Bank’s Economic Newsletter. He was a business analyst for KPTV in Portland. He has been making economic presentations on the nation and the region for more than 38 years.

John is a member of the Western Blue Chip Forecast Panel, a Trustee of Aquila Tax Free Trust of Oregon and a board member of Oregon Mutual Insurance Company and Western Capital Corporation. He was Chairman of the Oregon Council of Economic Advisors from 1992 to 1998 and a member from 1984 to 1998. John was a member of the Oregon Council for Economic Education, Chairman of the Oregon Governor’s Technical Advisory Committee on Tax Review and Chairman of the Life Flight Consortium.

 

 
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