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Gordon C. Rausser (born July 21, 1943) is an economist known for his lasting impact in the fields of public policy, agriculture, and business. In 1986, he was named the Robert Gordon Sproul Distinguished Professor at the University of California, Berkeley.

Rausser grew up near Galt, California. He received his B.S. from California State University, Fresno in 1965, and his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of California, Davis in 1968 and 1971. Alongside his professorship, Rausser served as Dean of the College of Natural Resources from 1994–2000 at the University of California, Berkeley. Additionally, he has worked in the public sector as Senior Economist on the Council of Economic Advisors under President Ronald Reagan (1986–87) and as Chief Economist at the Agency for International Development (1988–90). In 1989, he co-founded the Institute for Policy Reform in Washington, D.C., and served as its president for five years (1990–94). Rausser founded OnPoint Analytics, a consulting firm, in 2004 and is currently the Chairman of the Board of Directors.

In 2020, the College of Natural Resources at the University of California, Berkeley, was renamed the Rausser College of Natural Resources in honor of a $50 million gift by Gordon Rausser.

Early life & education
Gordon C. Rausser was born on July 21, 1943 and grew up in Galt, California on his family's dairy farm. At age five, he began to take an interest in economics through his experiences caring for young calves on the farm. To ensure the wellbeing of the animals, he had to make sure he was making smart financial decisions. Rausser describes experiencing bullying as a child, which led him to pursue boxing at a young age. Rausser's boxing career came to an end when he received a facial injury at the Golden Gloves boxing competition, leading him to pursue his academic interests. Later on, Rausser discovered he had dyslexia, coupled with a photographic memory in his early to mid-teenage years.

Rausser went on to receive his B.S. in Agriculture and Statistics at California State University, Fresno (1972–73). He then attended the University of California, Davis to receive his M.S. in Agriculture and Economics (1968–70). After completing his graduate studies there, Rausser was hired to teach while still completing his PhD. At this time, Rausser's father passed away from an car accident and he took over the responsibilities of his family's dairy farm alongside his mother and sister. He spent four years on Davis' faculty and sat on several graduate students' dissertation committees until he completed his PhD in 1971. His responsibilities at his family's farm ended soon after when his mother leased it, and he went on to attend the University of Chicago for his Postdoctoral Fellowship in Economics and Statistics (1972–73).

Career
Rausser accepted positions at the University of Iowa and Harvard University in Economics and Statistics consecutively from 1973-1978. He spent one year in Iowa before accepting his professorship at Harvard University. After four years at Harvard University, Rausser accepted a position at the University of California, Berkeley in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics. Shortly thereafter, he became the chair of the department.

In the mid to late 1980s, Rausser took a leave of absence from the University of California, Berkeley to take up the position of Senior Economist of the Council and eventually Chief Economist at the Agency for International Development in Washington, D.C.   Rausser decided to come to D.C. to both gain an understanding of the political process for his own work, and implement research him and his colleagues had been working on into reforming public policy. In 1989, he co-founded the Institute for Policy Reform in Washington, D.C., and served as its president for five years (1990–94). The institute focused on addressing the needs of economies affected by the fall of the Soviet Union.

After spending four years in Washington D.C, Rausser returned to the University of California, Berkeley as Dean of the College of Natural Resources, which he held until 2000. Turning to private sector work, Rausser founded OnPoint Analytics, an economics consulting firm, in 2004 and is currently the Chairman of the Board of Directors. Since 2006, Rausser has served as editor of the Annual Review of Resource Economics and the American Journal of Agricultural Economics and on editorial boards of four other scholarly publications, including as Associate Editor.

Rausser has won twenty-two awards for original research and distinguished service from such organizations as Harvard University, University of California Berkeley, The American Antitrust Institute, The Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, and the Western Agricultural Economics Association. Rausser has been nominated as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Statistical Association, and the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, among several other national and international scholarly associations.

Selected publications

 * Rausser, Gordon; Ameden, Holly; Stevens, Reid (2016), Structuring Public-Private Research Partnerships for Success: Empowering University Partners, Edward Elgar Publishers.