Orville Schell 

Orville Hickock Schell III, born May 20, 1940 (1940-05-20) (age 68), was Dean of the University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and has authored numerous works on the history of China.

Schell, a critic of factory farming1, 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 PhD 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 1968, he signed the “Writers and Editors War Tax Protest” pledge, vowing to refuse tax payments in protest against the Vietnam War.4

In April 2006, Schell announced his intention to resign as Dean.5 He will be replaced by Dianne Lynch.6

Schell is now the Arthus Ross Director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations at the Asia Society in New York.7

He is the older brother of Jonathan Schell.8

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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 2007-01-18.
  2. ^ Fink, Liz (August 11, 2005). "Niman Ranch: High on the hog", San Francisco Business Times. Retrieved on 18 January 2007. 
  3. ^ Schell, Orville (April, 1984). Modern Meat : Antibiotics, Hormones, and the Pharmaceutical Farm, 337. 978-0394518909. 
  4. ^ “Writers and Editors War Tax Protest” January 30, 1968 New York Post
  5. ^ "UC Berkeley Dean Resigns", Oakland Tribune (April 26, 2006). Retrieved on 18 January 2007. 
  6. ^ Rubenstein, Steve (May 27, 2007). "New dean chosen for journalism school", San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved on 4 July 2007. 
  7. ^ Pogrebin, Robin (September 26, 2006). "Journalist and China Expert to Head Center at Asia Society", The New York Times. Retrieved on 26 July 2008. 
  8. ^ UC Berkeley Journalism - Faculty - The journalism dean searches for intelligent life in the media
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