Meet Academic Advisor: Judd Patton

Dr. Judd W. Patton is a Professor of Economics at Bellevue University and Chair of the Economics Department. He began his twenty-fifth year at Bellevue University in the Fall, 2006 and has been the Academic Advisor to the BU Baseball program since Coach Evans became Head Coach in 1988.

Dr. Patton's educational background includes a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from Grove City College, a Master of Arts degree in Economics from Youngstown State University, a Master of Philosophy degree from St. Andrews University in Scotland, and a Ph.D. in Economics from International College in 1982.

Dr. Patton's teaching career has spanned thirty-three years at three colleges--Hillsdale College in Michigan, Washington & Jefferson College in Pennsylvania, and Bellevue University since 1982. In 1980 he received the "Professor of the Year" award at Hillsdale College from the senior class.

In 1989 Dr. Patton published his first book: Missing Dimensions in Economics. And in 1996 he published Jefferson's "Bible" - The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth. The book was distributed to each Member of Congress in August, 1997 and has been and will continue to be distributed to all newly elected representatives every two years. The distribution re-establishes a "lost" tradition that had begun in 1904. Dr. Patton is currently working on another book entitled, The Maker’s Economics.

Dr. Patton and his wife Jeanne are the parents of three children -- Janell, Jared, and Jonathan. Jonathan is the Webmaster for the Bruin Baseball Web site.

Judd Patton
Bellevue University
1000 Galvin Rd. South
Bellevue, NE 68005
Academic Advisor & Professor of Economics
Phone: (402) 557-7510
judd.patton@bellevue.edu

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