Larry was born in Missouri and raised on a dairy farm in Ohio. He was educated at Ohio State University and the University of Illinois.  At the U of I, he was sponsored by the Ford Foundation to conduct his dissertation research in India.  Larry joined the faculty of the Department of Agricultural Economics and Business, University of Guelph in 1972, teaching marketing and risk management until 1986 when he was appointed Chair of the Department. 

Upon completing his term as Chair, the George Morris Centre had been conceptualized and someone was needed to turn a dream into reality.  Larry was appointed the first Director of Canada's only independent agri-food think-tank in 1990, and CEO when the Centre became a not-for-profit corporation in 1998.  He is involved in the Centre's work on strategy, strategic analysis, trade and domestic policy analysis, and risk management.  Larry is a fellow of the Canadian Agricultural Economics Society.

Larry is a member of Ducks Unlimited and enjoys fishing.  Larry and his wife Susan live in Guelph and have two sons - Nathan and  Eric - and grandson Jacob.

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