Professor of Agricultural Economics, retired The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Classification
Conservative
File
0005
Opened
Tenured 1979. Confirmed by the Watch, 1983.
Evidentiary grade
CIRCUMSTANTIAL
Threat score
0 / 100
Conservation status
EX-OBS · Extinct in Observation
Field office
Hyde Park, Chicago
Last observed
2026-06-30
Standing
On the criteria published in the Methodology, this confirmation does not stand. The criteria are no longer under review, the file being closed.
Summary
Dr. Bertram Halloway, Subject 0005, was removed from the monitored population by retirement on 30 June 2026 after forty-three years of observation. He was known to analysts for his cardigan, his 1988 letter to the editor regarding a stop sign, and a habit of saying "in my day" that Field Operations logged 1,406 times.
His file records the basis for his 1983 confirmation as "manner." No analyst now employed by this organization knows what that meant. The question was raised at a 2018 review and the review concluded that the confirmation was of long standing.
He is survived by no intellectual heirs. The flag at the Hyde Park field office was lowered to half-staff, then raised again after Legal reviewed the gesture. Legal’s memorandum, three pages, notes that the organization has no position on whether the departure of a subject is a loss, and recommends that none be taken.
Basis for classification
A 1988 letter to a local newspaper arguing that a proposed stop sign at Third and Vine was unnecessary and that the intersection had managed without one since 1911. The Directorate of Sightings confirmed him in 1983, five years before the letter. The basis for the 1983 confirmation is recorded in the file as "manner."
CIRCUMSTANTIAL — Assembled from conduct. No statement on file.
Statement of the subject
None on file, in forty-three years. Asked in 2004 by a graduate student whether he was a conservative, the subject is recorded as having said "I am from Ohio."
Field record
Discipline
Agricultural Economics. Commodity price supports, and their history.
Habitat
Formerly a third-floor office. The room is now a printer.
Range
Formerly campus and a stop sign at the corner of Third and Vine.
Status
Removed from the monitored population by retirement, 30 June 2026, after forty-three years of observation.
Pattern of life
No longer observed. The Watch does not follow subjects into retirement.
Identifying marks
A cardigan.
Call
"In my day." Logged 1,406 times.
Diet
Not recorded after 30 June 2026.
Known associates
Forty-three years of colleagues, all cleared.
Capabilities
One letter to the editor, 1988, regarding a stop sign. The stop sign remains.
Intent
No longer assessed.
Signature
Not established in forty-three years. The file was closed without one.
Reproductive success
He is survived by no intellectual heirs.
Observations
1983-09-12
Confirmed. Basis recorded as "manner." Analyst assigned. That analyst has since retired.
1988-11-04
Letter to the editor regarding a stop sign at Third and Vine. Copy obtained. The stop sign remains.
2014-02-19 10:30
Phrase "in my day" logged for the 1,000th time. No observance was held. A memorandum was circulated.
2018-05-30
Review of the 1983 basis. Finding: the confirmation is of long standing. No further action.
2026-06-30 16:00
Retirement effective. Subject removed from the monitored population. National headcount declined from five to four.
2026-06-30 16:20
Flag lowered, Hyde Park field office. Raised 16:52 following review by Legal.