John Howard Lindauer
American economist, politician
John Howard Lindauer II (born November 20, 1937) is an American economist who served as chancellor for the University of Alaska Anchorage from 1976 to 1978 then was Dean of the School of Business and Public Affairs. He was the Republican Party candidate for governor of Alaska in 1998, but ultimately ended up pleading no contest to campaign finance violations. He is the father of Susan Lindauer and John Howard Lindauer III, and lived in Alaska from 1976 until 2002, when he moved to Chicago.
Biography
Lindauer was born on November 20, 1937, to Louise (1910–2004) and John Howard Lindauer I (1905–1954) in Montclair, New Jersey. He attended North Phoenix High School from 1951 to 1954 and Arizona State University from where he received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. He later attended Oklahoma State University where he received a Ph.D. in economics.
He served in the United States Army for three years and spent five years in the Army Reserve.
Lindauer was assistant professor of economics at Occidental College from 1964 to 1966. He then became an associate professor and full professor at Claremont McKenna College and the Claremont Graduate School from 1966 to 1974, at which time he became dean of the business school at Murray State University in Kentucky.
Alaska
He then moved to Alaska and served as chancellor for the University of Alaska Anchorage from 1976 to 1978 then was dean of the School of Business and Public Affairs.
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