John W. Mitchell
Economist, Western Region U.S. Bancorp
John Mitchell received his B.A. degree from Williams College and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Oregon. He is a fellow of the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Oregon and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Prior to joining U.S. Bancorp in July of 1983, he was a professor of economics at Boise State University for 13 years. He was Chief Economist of U.S. Bancorp from July 1983 to July 1998. Currently he is U.S. Bancorp's Economist, Western Region, and the principal of M & H Economic Consultants. His responsibilities include analyzing and forecasting the economy and authorship of U.S. Bank's Economic Update, a bimonthly in-house review. John is a member of the Western Blue Chip Forecast Panel. He is a chairman of the governing board of the Life Flight Consortium and a Trustee of Aquila Tax Free Trust of Oregon. John was chairman of the Oregon Council of Economic Advisors from 1992 to 1998 and a member from 1984 to 1998. He also held membership in the Oregon Council for Economic Education, the Council for Economic Development in Oregon, and the Oregon Business Council's Community Development Resource Group. He was chairman of the Oregon Governor's Technical Advisory Committee on Tax Review and is a past president of the Portland chapter of the National Association of Business Economists. John and his wife, Carol, live in Lake Oswego. John enjoys bicycling, kayaking, photography, and working on the railroad.
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