Rate My Professor Charles Stewart

Stewart became a leading authority on U.S. and foreign agriculture, land use, tenure, farm appraisal, and real-estate valuations. Working alongside colleagues W.L. Burlison, H.C.M. Case, R.R. Hudelson, and H.W. Mumford, he advanced the prominence of farm appraisal within agricultural economics. His major publications include Land Tenure in the United States: With Special Reference to Illinois (1916), Supply and Marketing of Soybeans and Soybean Products (1932), Farm Real-Estate Valuations in Illinois with Special Reference to Township Averages: An Analysis of 1930 Census Data (1934), Farm Inheritance Laws in Other Countries: What We Can Learn from Their Effects on Farms (1956), and Land Use Information: A Critical Survey of United States Statistics, Including Possibilities for Greater Uniformity co-authored with Marion Clawson (1966). In 1938, he was awarded a grant by the Social Science Research Council for land economics studies in foreign countries. Post-retirement, Stewart consulted for the Illinois Division of Highways on rural property appraisals and for the University of Kabul in Afghanistan in 1963. The Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers recognized his impact with the 1960 Land Economist honor. Stewart passed away on September 1, 1974.