UpDate - Vol. 13, No. 21, Page 2
February 24, 1994
Koford returns from Salzburg with new contacts & insights

     Kenneth Koford, associate professor of economics and political science
and international relations, was the University's 1994 Salzburg Seminar
Presidential Fellow.
     The prestigious Salzburg Seminar, established in 1947, focuses on the
study of contemporary issues of worldwide scope as well as significant
aspects of American society.
     Koford attended a session on "Economics in Transition," from Feb. 5-12
at Schloss Leopoldskron in Salzburg, Austria. In attendance were other
fellows from the United States and both Western and Eastern Europe. The
session focused on privatization, monetary and macroeconomic issues and
social issues in Eastern Europe.
     Koford has been an active participant in "Management Training and
Economics Education in Central and Eastern Europe--Bulgaria," the
University of Delaware project funded by the U.S. Agency for International
Development. He served as director of the economics program and taught in
Bulgaria during the summer and winter of 1991 and 1992.
     The Salzburg Seminar enabled him to build on this experience and gave
him a broader picture of the economic and cultural transition of Eastern
European countries as they move into privatization and market economics,
Koford said. The seminar also provided him with an opportunity to interact
with other scholars from all over Europe and the United States and get
their different viewpoints on the transition process, he said.
     In a letter to President David P. Roselle following his return, Koford
wrote, "Meeting Eastern and Western Europeans in a seminar that combines
American and European formats and ways of doing things can be a novel
experience that gives a new set of insights. I expect that the contacts and
people will be useful in my work on Eastern Europe and in a variety of
unexpected ways."
     A graduate of Yale University with a M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from
the University of California, Los Angeles, Koford also has carried out
research on the workings of the U.S. Congress in terms of economics and
politics.
                                                  -Sue Swyers Moncure