Dr. Averyt retired effective June 1, 2006. His areas of interest include international trade and investment policy, information policy, and strategic management. He worked as an international consultant for major corporate and government clients of the US, Canada, West Europe, and Asia. He formerly worked as Director for International Trade for the National Association of Manufacturers, and was Vice President, International Business-Government Counselors, Inc. Dr. Averyt obtained his Ph.D. from Yale University. He has M.A. degrees from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and the University of Strasbourg, where he was a Fulbright scholar, and a B.A. with honors from the University of Alabama. He has published Agropolitics in the European Community (Praeger, 1977) and articles in several journals, including the American Review of Canadian Studies, International Organization, and the Columbia Journal of World Business, and International Business Review.