He was head of the Department of Agricultural Economics and Dean of the College of Agriculture, Consumer and Environmental Sciences at the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. From 2001 to 2006, he served as senior officer for technology commercialization and economic development for the Urbana-Champaign, and for six months as interim vice president for academic affairs.[1] He served on the board of directors of the
John Warner Bank, the Carle Foundation Hospital, the
Farm Foundation, the DuPage International Technology Park, the Illinois Technology Development Fund, and the
Argonne National Laboratory.[3]
He served as the president of
South Dakota State University from January 1, 2007.[1] until 2016. He has served as a director on the board of directors of
Monsanto since April 15, 2009, and sits on the board of directors of First Bank & Trust, Brookings, SD.[4][3]
He sits on the board of trustees of the Avera McKennan Hospital and the University Health Center.[3] He is a Knight of the
National Order of Merit of
France, and he has received the
United States Department of Agriculture Superior Service Award and the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the SDSU Department of Economics.[3]
Personal life
He is married to Marcia Chicoine, and they have a son, Josh, who[3] lives in
Chicago.[3]
Chicoine, David L.; Sonka, Steven T.; Doty, Robert D. (November 1982). "The effects of farm property tax relief programs on farm financial conditions". Land Economics. 58 (4): 516–523.
doi:
10.2307/3145697.
JSTOR3145697.
Chicoine, David L.; Ramamurthy, Ganapathi (February 1986). "Evidence on the specification of price in the study of domestic water demand". Land Economics. 62 (1): 26–32.
doi:
10.2307/3146560.
JSTOR3146560.
Chicoine, David L.; Deller, Steven C.; Ramamurthy, Ganapathi (October 1986). "Instrumental variables approach to rural water service demand". Southern Economic Journal. 53 (2): 333–346.
doi:
10.2307/1059417.
JSTOR1059417.
Chicoine, David L.; Sonka, Steven T. (December 2004). "Value and university innovation". American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 86 (5): 1337–1344.
doi:
10.1111/j.0002-9092.2004.00686.x.
JSTOR3697950.
Chicoine, David L.; Walzer, Norman (1984). Financing rural roads and bridges in the Midwest. Washington, D.C.: Office of Transportation and Agricultural Marketing Services, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture via
Praeger.
OCLC12800602.
Chicoine, David L.; Walzer, Norman (1985). Governmental structure and local public finance. Boston, Massachusetts: Oelgeschlager, Gunn & Hain.
ISBN9780899461878.
Chicoine, David L.; Walzer, Norman (1986). Financing local infrastructure in nonmetropolitan areas. New York: Praeger.
ISBN9780275923754.
Chicoine, David L.; Walzer, Norman (1986). Financing economic development in the 1980s: issues and trends. New York: Praeger.
ISBN9780275921286.
Chicoine, David L.; Giertz, J. Fred (1986). Property tax assessment in Illinois: structure and performance. Springfield, Illinois:
Illinois Tax Foundation.
OCLC15726964.
Chicoine, David L. (1986), "Infrastructure and agriculture: interdependencies with a focus on local roads in the North Central States", in Korsching, Peter F.; Gildner, Judith (eds.), Interdependencies of agriculture and rural communities in the twenty-first century: The North Central Region: conference proceedings,
Ames, Iowa:
North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, pp. 141–163,
OCLC14768277.