Mykhailo Dudra, an economist, was born in the USA. He was docent of the Ukrainian Economic School in Munich 1947-1949 and taught at Saint Francis College, Loreto, Pennsylvania from 1949. His research dealt with American agrarian politics and workers wages. He is the author of the "History of Economic Doctrine" (1952). In 1934-1937 he was the editor of “Lemkivs’kyi dzvin” in New York. He also edited various economic works.