Ellison graduated from South Shore High School in 1962 and enrolled at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. His aim was to become a doctor. Ellison's academic career was undistinguished, and he dropped out of college after two years, after his adoptive mother died of cancer. He ...
Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 309 Mumford Hall, 1301 W. Gregory Dr., Urbana, IL, 61801, USA Yilan Xu Corresponding author Correspondence to Rui Yao. Rights and permissions Reprints and permissions About this article Cite this article ...