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Born in the hardscrabble coal country of Harlan County, Ky., Kreps completed her undergraduate studies at Kentucky's Berea College, earned a doctorate in economics at Duke, and has specialized in the problems of working women and the aged. Married (to an economist) and the mother of three, she says that the "big problem in being a professional woman with a family is that you simply have less time for the profession." Kreps finds enough time to be in the forefront of the drive to boost U.S. exports. Except in the rarest cases, she opposes the policy of withholding...
Sixth child of a struggling Kentucky coal-mine operator, Kreps earned a bachelor's degree at Berea College, which described itself as a "selfhelp" school for the poverty-stricken coal-mining region. "The spirit of the place," she recalls, "was one of independence, self-reliance, high-level integrity and academic excellence. It made a deeper impression on me than did my childhood." Kreps took her advanced degrees in economics at Duke. There she met her husband Clifton, now a professor of banking at the nearby University of North Carolina. The couple, married for 32 years, frequently entertain students...
RICHARD E. LANNING Berea, Ohio...
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RUSSELL J. HILL Berea, Ohio...