Albert Viton

Albert Viton received his Ph.D. from Northwestern University and then initially became involved in the planning, production, and distribution of agricultural commodities in the U.S. Department of Agriculture and, after 1946, in the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Before retiring as a senior director in 1976, one of the author's major responsibilities was to represent FAO in all international sugar negotiations, conferences, and meetings. He was a member of the...See more

Albert Viton received his Ph.D. from Northwestern University and then initially became involved in the planning, production, and distribution of agricultural commodities in the U.S. Department of Agriculture and, after 1946, in the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Before retiring as a senior director in 1976, one of the author's major responsibilities was to represent FAO in all international sugar negotiations, conferences, and meetings. He was a member of the preparatory committee for the first international sugar agreement (1947-52) chaired by Baron Kronacker of Belgium and a member of the "Troika" chaired by Dr. Raul Prebisch, Director General of UNCTAD, who was in charge of the price and quota negotiations of the 1967 agreement. He authored two volumes on sugar published jointly by FAO and the International Sugar Organization, London, as well as a couple of dozen articles and reports on sugar. After retiring from FAO in 1976, Dr. Viton continued until 1997 to participate in international sugar affairs and to attend all meetings and conferences of the International Sugar Organization as economic consultant of the sugar delegation of El Salvador and subsequently of the Philippines. He holds the longest record, by far, of participation in ISO meetings and conferences. His studies on the world sugar economy have appeared in F.O. Licht's International Sugar Report, the F.O. Licht Sugar Yearbook, Sugar Y Azucar, and other journals. Dr. Viton now makes his home in the northern Virginia area of Washington, DC. See less