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David G. Loomis Illinois State University Campus Box 4200 Normal, IL 61761 (309) 438-7979 (309) 438-5228 dloomis@ilstu.edu

I am an Associate Professor of Economics at Illinois State University. I joined the Department in 1996 after almost 12 years of work at Bell Atlantic (now called Verizon). I was tenured and promoted to Associate Professor in 2002. I am Executive Director of the Institute for Regulatory Policy Studies (IRPS) The IRPS, which is housed within the Department of Economics, seeks to provide a vital link between students, academicians, regulators, consumer advocates, and industry. The Institute provides input into the curriculum, internships for students, state-level workshops, and research. I was Chair of the International Communications Forecasting Conference (ICFC). The ICFC was a four-day telecommunications conference focused on empirical issues that attracts people from universities and industry from the US and around the world. Media Quotes: I was quoted on wind energy economics in a Reuters article (11/06/05) which was picked up by CNN.com, MSNBC.com, Environmental News Network, Red Orbit Science and Red Orbit News. I was part of a press conference to announce that ISU received a $1 million grant from the US Department of Energy. (7/15/05) (11/29/06) I was on WEEK TV (AVI or MOV) commenting on the $500,000 grant that my Wind Energy Team received from Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation to build a 1.5 MW Turbine on the ISU Farm in Lexington, IL. (Summer 2004) I was quoted on telecommunications economics and public policy in the Wall Street Journal (4/23/02), Dow Jones Newswires (9/17/02) and Central Penn Business Journal (10/23/02) [PDF - page 1] [PDF - Page 2] [JPG - Page 1] [JPG - Page 2]. I was previously quoted in the Wall Street Journal (7/9/01) and (7/10/01) and interviewed on CNN's Moneyline with Lou Dobbs (7/31/01) and Newark Star Ledger (4/2/02) about Telecommunications and Forecasting.

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