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member of the senior staff, and Robert S. Stillman (University of California,Los Angeles) served on the junior staff. Rudiger Dornbusch (MassachusettsInstitute of Technology), George M. von Furstenberg (Indiana University),Stephen M. Goldfeld (Princeton University), R. Jeffery Green(Indiana University), Allan G. Pulsipher (Southern Illinois University),and Milton Russell (Resources for the Future, Washington)., served asconsultants to the Council. Students providing assistance were SusanBenedict (Allegheny College) and Teri F. Liebowitz (Boston University).In preparing the Economic Report the Council relied upon the editorialassistance of Rosannah C. SteinhofT..Also called on for special assistance inconnection with the Report were Dorothy L. Reid, a former member of theCouncil staff, Elizabeth A. Kaminski of the Administrative Office, andEarnestine Reid of the Statistical Office.SUPPORTING STAFFThe Administrative Office provides administrative support for the entireCouncil staff. Its work includes preparing and analyzing the Council'sbudget, procuring equipment and supplies, responding to letters and inquiriesfrom the general public, and distributing the Council's speeches, reports,and congressional testimony. In 1976 the Administrative Office consistedof Nancy F. Skidmore, Administrative Officer, and Elizabeth A.Kaminski. The duplicating, mail, and messenger department was operatedby James W. Gatling and Frank C. Norman.Serving on the secretarial staff for the Chairman and Council Membersduring 1976 were Margaret A. Bocek, Patricia A. Lee, and Alice H. Williams.Secretaries for the professional staff were M. Catherine Fibich,Dorothy L. Green, Bessie M. Lafakis, Joyce A. Pilkerton, Earnestine Reid,Linda A. Reilly, Margaret L. Snyder, and Lillie M. Sturniolo.DEPARTURESThe Council's professional staff members are drawn primarily from universitiesand research institutions. Senior staff economists who resigned duringthe year, and their new institutions and affiliations, were John D. Darroch(Department of Commerce), George M. von Furstenberg (IndianaUniversity), R. Jeffery Green (Indiana University), David L. McNicol(California Institute of Technology), June A. O'Neill (CongressionalBudget Office), Frederick M. Peterson (Rinfret Associates, New York), MiltonRussell (Resources for the Future, Washington), and John L. Scadding(University of Toronto). Rosemary Quintano, staff economist, resigned toaccept a position with the Brookings Institution, Washington.Junior economists who resigned in 1976 were David W. Brazell (Universityof Wisconsin), David B. Crary (National Bureau of Economic Research,Washington), James W. Moser (University of California, Los Angeles),Joan M. Porter (Rice University), Valerie Sarris (Yale University), and J.W. Henry Watson (University of California, Los Angeles). Others who resignedduring the year were Jerry W. Gatling, messenger, and Anne V.Jackson, secretary.180