Consumer Protection: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

Robert O. Herrmann conducts research on food consumption behavior and consumer problems at the Pennsylvania State University. He has just completed a term as editor of the Journal of Consumer Affairs, the publication of the American Council on Consumer Interests, the national organization of professionals in consumer education and consumer affairs. He is coauthor of the widely used high school consumer text, The American Consumer: Issues and Decisions (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1978). From 1974 to 1977, he served as a member of the board of directors of Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports.