Professor, Department of Economics (retired)
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Bio:
Dr. Desire Barath, a native of Polgar, Hungary, joined the University of Detroit as an Associate Professor of Economics in 1950 and in 1956 he earned promotion to full Professor. Prior to joining University of Detroit he taught Social Philosophy at St. Michael’s College, University of Toronto, Ontario Canada and Economics at Assumption University Windsor, Ontario Canada.
He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Social Philosophy and Economics from Assumption University, Windsor Ontario in 1936, a Master of Arts in Social Philosophy in 1938 from the University of Toronto, Toronto Ontario Canada and Ph.D. in Social Philosophy 1941 also from the University of Toronto.
According to a May 20, 1963 University of Detroit faculty newsletter, Dr. Barath was appointed chairman of the College of Commerce and Finance Economics Department, a position he held until 1976.
With an online search, it was possible to locate two of Dr. Barath’s publications: “The Just Price and the Costs of Production According to St. Thomas Aquinas” in The New Scholasticism (October 1960) and Review of Cletus Dirksen’s book Catholic Social Principles in Review of Social Economy (March 1963).
During his career he was a member of the Catholic Economic Society Michigan Branch, the American Economic Association, and Beta Gamma Sigma fraternity.
Dr. Barath retired from full time teaching in 1984.
The University Archive files do not provide any further information on Dr. Barath, including when he retired and the date when he was given the Distinguished Professor title.