Jia Jian 贾健

M.S., Agricultural Economics, 1949

Jia Jian, born in 1914, graduated from Central University in agricultural economics. Then he started teaching at the university and in 1943, he received a master’s degree in agriculture still from Central University. Jia came to the University of Minnesota in 1948, and received a master’s degree in agricultural economics in 1949.

After returning to China, Jia first taught at Wuhan University, and then during 1953-1987, he served as a professor and dean of the department of agricultural economics at Huazhong Agricultural University.

In addition to teaching and his administrative duties as a dean, Jia also served as a standing board member of Chinese Association of Agricultural Ecnomics, researcher at Agricultural Development Research Center of the State Council, and president of Agricultural Economics Society in Hubei province, etc. In 1989, Jia was elected to receive the honor of “Elite of Science and Technology” in Hubei, and in 1992, he received the special allowance from the State Council.

贾健,1914年生于江苏省,1941年毕业于中央大学农业经济专业,后留校任教并于1943年于中央大学获得农学硕士学位。1948年来到明尼苏达大学,并于1949年获得农业经济学硕士学位。

毕业回国后,他先任教于武汉大学,后来自1953年至1987年间任华中农学院副教授、教授及农经系系主任。

除了教学和担任系主任之外,贾健还曾任中国农业经济学会常务理事、国务院农村发展研究中心兼职研究员、湖北省农业经济学会会长等职。1989年被选为湖北科技精英。1992年享受国务院特殊津贴。