Stafford, D.C. 1943–

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Stafford, D.C. 1943–

(David C. Stafford, David Christopher Stafford)

PERSONAL: Born December 4, 1943, in Leamington Spa, England; son of Frederick and Barbara (Dew) Stafford; married Lesley Anne Hatfield, November 20, 1964; children: Fiona, Miles, Guy. Education: University of Exeter, B.A. (with honors), 1971. Politics: Conservative.

ADDRESSES: Home—Old Vicerage, Topsham, Exeter, Devonshire, England. Office—c/o Exeter City Council, Civic Centre, Paris St., Exeter, Devon EX1 1JN, England.

CAREER: University of Exeter, Exeter, England, tutor, 1971–72, lecturer, 1972–80, senior lecturer in economics, beginning 1980. Member of Exeter City Council, 1976–79, deputy chairman of housing committee, 1976–77, chairman of committee, 1977–79, deputy leader, 1979–; chairman of Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1976.

MEMBER: Institute of Bankers (associate).

WRITINGS:

AS D.C. STAFFORD, EXCEPT AS NOTED

(With D.C. Corner) China Clay Sand: Liability or Asset?, Devon County Council (Devon, England), 1972.

Open-Ended Funds: Bank Experience in France and Britain, Societe Universitaire Europeene de Recherches Financieres, 1975.

(Editor, with D.C. Corner) Open-End Investment Funds in the E.E.C. and Switzerland, Westview Press (Boulder, CO), 1977.

(With D.C. Corner) Mutual Funds in the European Economic Community and Switzerland, Macmillan (New York, NY), 1978.

The Economics of Housing Policy, Croom Helm (London, England), 1978.

Bank Advertising, Advertising Association, 1981.

(As David Stafford; with John Matatko) Key Developments in Personal Finance, Blackwell (New York, NY), 1985.

(As David C. Stafford; with Robert Albon) Rent Control, Methuen (New York, NY), 1987.

(As David C. Stafford; with John Black) Housing Policy and Finance, Routledge (New York, NY), 1988.

(With R.H.A. Purkis) Directory of Multinationals, 3rd edition, 2 volumes, Stockton Press (New York, NY), 1989.

(Editor, with T.E. Cooke and John Matatko) Risk, Portfolio Management, and Capital Markets, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 1992.

Assistant editor of Social Policy and Administration.

SIDELIGHTS: D.C. Stafford wrote: "The double life that I lead as an academic and as a local politician permits me a degree of schizophrenia often denied to others of 'sound mind.' But this life of contrasting roles adds both balance and color. Academic research requires an objective and critical approach while politics is heavy on subjectivity and light on analysis. When I find myself confusing the roles I shall retire!"