In 2022, the Bob Dickerson-Frank Jewett Economics Faculty Research Fellowship was created in honor of Frank Jewett and Bob Dickerson, with funding generously provided by Humboldt alumni Don Lewis.

Dr. Frank Jewett passed away September 17, 2018. He was married to Zula Belle for 62 years and they have three sons and seven grandchildren. He attended Cal Poly Humboldt College from 1958-1962 where he earned his BA in Economics. He attended Claremont Graduate School from 1962-1965 where he earned his Ph.D. in Economics with his dissertation, "A Quarterly Econometric Model of Humboldt County Calfornia 1950-1964". 

Assist. Prof., Assoc. Prof. Economics Cal Poly Humboldt College 1965-1972; Prof. Economics 1977-1988.
He taught Business Cycles, Econometrics, Labor Economics and Labor Relations, Mathematical Economics, and Microeconomics. During this period he re-estimated his econometric model of Humboldt Co as part of a study done on the impact of the expansion of Redwood National Park on the County’s economy. He also worked with Six Rivers National Forest to generalize his econometric model to assist with estimating the effects of different timber harvest policies upon the economies of the counties in the National Forest.

Associate Dean for Instructional Resources, CSU Chancellor’s Office, 1972-75. He was involved with budgeting the instructional program for the campuses and the system including faculty workload policy and reporting, departmental administration, instructional facility planning, funding instructional equipment replacement, and distant education. 

Director, Special Projects, CSU Chancellor’s Office 1989-2000. He did the feasibility studies for the three new campuses: CSU San Marcos, CSU Monterey Bay, and CSU Channel Islands. This involved a substantial amount of work with regional demography and student flow patterns. He also developed a methodology for comparing the budget costs of year-round operation with academic year operations and did additional studies on the rational for off-campus centers. His last three years in the Chancellor’s Office he spent on a project for which he obtained funding from the U.S. Department of Education on the benefits and costs of online instruction compared for classroom instruction. This resulted in eight case studies (published by the Chancellor’s Office) comparing the costs of specific on-line and classroom courses and a published article based on the case studies that generalized the results.

After retiring in 1999, he spent several years consulting with individual CSU campuses regarding budget issues, location of off-campus centers, and physical facilities planning.