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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr. Don Diffine is currently Professor
of Economics at Harding University in
Searcy, Arkansas, and Director of the
Belden Center for Private Enterprise
Education. Senior Research Associate
of Harding's American Studies
Institute, Dr. Diffine is the newest
member of the Governor's Council of
Economic Advisors and is also a
member of the Board of Directors of
the Arkansas Council on Economic Education. He has written
eight books and 20 monographs. A member of the
International Platform Association and also an economic
humorist, he is a frequent speaker for conventions,
stockholders' meetings, and chambers of commerce.
The recipient of the $7,500 Freedoms Foundation Principle
Award for Excellence in Private Enterprise Education, Dr.
Diffine has received 16 additional Freedoms Foundation
awards in the categories of Non-profit Publications, Economic
Education, Public Affairs-Advertising, Public Address, and
Published Works. He is the faculty winner of a $1,000 First
Place prize in a national essay contest judged by Nobel
Economist Milton Friedman.
In May 2000, at an international exposition in Kansas City,
he was inducted into the Samuel Moore Walton Free
Enterprise Fellow Hall of Fame. He received the "Champion
of Enterprise" award in 1995 and became the first inductee
into the National Students In Free Enterprise Hall of Fame in
Kansas City. The First Annual Distinguished Scholar Award
was also presented in 1988 to Dr. Diffine in Cleveland, Ohio,
by the Association of Private Enterprise Education.
Dr. Diffine has provided Congressional testimony on
business problems, economic impact statements, and
inflation-recession dilemmas. He is married to the former
Dion Hillman of Kailua, Hawaii, a math teacher in the Searcy
public schools. The Diffines have two children: David, 29, a
medical doctor; and Danielle, 27, an accountant.