Raymond F. Mikesell is professor of economics at the University of Oregon. He has served as an economic advisor at the Bretton Woods International Monetary and Financial Conference (1944), as cochairman of the Research Council, Georgetown University Center for Strategic International Studies (1973-81), and as a member of the National Materials Advisory Board, National Academy of Sciences (1981-84). He has been a consultant to several United States and foreign multinational mining companies and has done research on foreign investment in mining in some fifteen countries. Among his many books are: Foreign Investment in the Petroleum and Mineral Industries (Johns Hopkins University Press for Resources for the Future); The World Copper Industry (Johns Hopkins University Press for Resources for the Future); Foreign Investment in Mining Projects (Oelgeschlager, Gunn, and Hain for Fund for Multinational Management Education); and National Defense Stockpile: Historical Review and Current Assessment (American Enterprise Institute).
