Whittlesey, Norman K. (Norman Keith), 1933-
Biographical note
Norman Keith Whittlesey was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 1933. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. In 1954, he and Cynthia Ann Sutton were married, and the following year, he earned a bachelor’s degree in agriculture from Colorado State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. He subsequently received a master's degree in economics from Colorado State University and a Ph.D. in agricultural economics from Iowa State University. From 1964 to 1996, he was an agricultural economy professor at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington.
Sources: Vital records on Ancestry.com; transcript of an oral history interview with Whittlesey conducted by Katy Fry for the Washington State University Emeritus Society (accessed January 2026), http://wsm.wsu.edu/ourstory/index.php?title=Oral_history:_Norman_Whittlesey.
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Oral history interview with Norman K. Whittlesey
Oral history interview with Norman K. Whittlesey, conducted by Clark Hansen on October 25, 1999, as part of the Columbia River Dissenters Oral History Series. Whittlesey discusses his research on the economics of hydroelectric energy production and irrigation projects in the Columbia River Basin. He describes responses to the conclusions of his research, subsequent budget cuts to irrigation projects, and retaliation he experienced.