Orville Schell

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Orville Hickock Schell III (born May 20, 1940), is Dean of the University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and author of numerous works on the history of China.

Schell, a critic of factory farming^[1], joined the company Niman Ranch (then named "Niman-Schell") with Bill Niman in 1978 with the objective of raising cattle in a humane and environmentally sound manner. Schell left the company in 1999.^[2] In 1984 he wrote a book about meat production in the United States.^[3]

Schell has a masters degree from UC Berkeley's Department of History, and an undergraduate degree from Harvard University in Far Eastern history. He served as an exchange student at National Taiwan University in the 1960s, and has authored 14 books, nine on China.

In April of 2006, Schell announced his intention to resign as Dean.^[4]

[edit] External links

• http://orvilleschell.com/
• Berkeley faculty page
• China Thinks Long-term, But Can It Relearn to Act Long-term? - Summary of talk and mp3 at the Long Now Foundation, September 2006
• Radio interview on Philosophy Talk

[edit] References

1. ^ Schell, Orville (moderator) (September 22-26, 2002). Food and the Environment : The Costs, Benefits, and Consequences of Modern Food Production (website and video archive). University of California, Berkeley (conference proceedings). Retrieved on January 18, 2007.
2. ^ Fink, Liz. "Niman Ranch: High on the hog", San Francisco Business Times, August 11, 2005. Retrieved on January 18, 2007.
3. ^ Schell, Orville (April, 1984). Modern Meat : Antibiotics, Hormones, and the Pharmaceutical Farm, 337. 978-0394518909. 
4. ^ "UC Berkeley Dean Resigns", Oakland Tribune, April 26, 2006. Retrieved on January 18, 2007.