{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2013}} {{more footnotes needed|date=November 2008}} '''Gregorio Billikopf''' (September 23, 1954 in Santiago, Chile -July 5, 2023 in Citrus Heights, California) was a Chilean mediator, author, and, from 1981, a farm advisor specializing in labor management for the University of California, Davis.
== Career == In May 2005, Billikopf accepted a visiting faculty appointment as an honorary professor of agricultural labor management at the University of Chile in Santiago.<ref name=":0" />
Billikopf was a frequent national and international speaker (including United States, as well as in Russia, México, Canada, Uganda, Colombia, Argentina, Spain, Japan, New Zealand<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-09-06 |title=Help your migrants work |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/business/farming/help-your-migrants-work |access-date=2024-08-10 |website=Otago Daily Times |language=en}}</ref> and his native Chile) in his field.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Gregorio Billikopf |url=https://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/ucce50/ag-labor/7bielikov.htm |access-date=2024-08-10 |website=www.cnr.berkeley.edu}}</ref>
His agricultural extension research and teaching efforts focused on such topics as employee selection, compensation, performance appraisal, discipline and termination, supervision, interpersonal relations, conflict resolution, and interpersonal negotiation skills. {{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}
Billikopf received the 1989 National Association for County Agricultural Agents (NACAA) Achievement Award and the 2006 Distinguished Service Award. He received a number of other awards from NACAA, including two National Winner communication awards: Webpage in 1999 (Agricultural Labor Management); and Publication in 2006 (for his book Labor Management in Agriculture: Cultivating Personnel Productivity, 2nd Edition, 2003).{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}
Billikopf authored numerous articles published in academic journals and several books. These included ''Labor Management in Agriculture'' (1994, 2003)<ref> [http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/ucce50/ag-labor/7labor/001.htm ''Labor Management in Agriculture: Cultivating Personnel Productivity''] – Gregorio Billikopf</ref> and ''Party Directed Mediation: Facilitating Dialogue Between Individuals'' (3rd Edition, 2014),<ref>[http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/ucce50/ag-labor/7conflict/ ''Party Directed Mediation: Helping Others Resolve Differences'' (3rd Edition, 2014)] – Gregorio Billikopf</ref> which portrays practical examples of party-directed mediation, a specialty within the field of alternative dispute resolution. He presented his two mediation models, party-directed mediation (PDM) and Negotiated Performance Appraisal (NPA), for dealing with peer to peer conflict and supervisor-subordinate conflict, respectively, at the International Association for Conflict Management [IACM] annual meetings in 2005 (Seville, Spain) and 2009 (Kyoto, Japan).{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}
== Personal life == Billikopf was raised in Chile's Central Valley, where his maternal family had been grape growers in Chile for generations. It was at the labor-intensive family vineyard, where he spent much of his youth, that he first developed an interest in labor issues, horses and agriculture.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}
Billikopf went on to obtain his Bachelor of Science in agronomy from UC Davis, and his Master of Arts in labor management from California State University, Stanislaus.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Kan-Rice |first=Pamela |date=2023-07-06 |title=In memoriam: Gregorio Encina Billikopf |url=https://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=57530 |access-date=2024-08-10 |website=ANR Blogs |language=en-us}}</ref> In March 1974, after reading the Book of Mormon, Billikopf became a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Gregorio Billikopf |url=https://www.blogger.com/profile/07204207206926435896 |website=Blogger}}</ref>
Following his retirement from the University of California in 2014,<ref name=":1" /> Billikopf and his wife resided in the Lake Region of Llanquihue, Chile.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Martinez |first=Michael |date=2015-04-30 |title=Chile's Calbuco Volcano erupts for third time in 8 days |url=https://www.cnn.com/2015/04/30/world/chile-calbuco-volcano/index.html |access-date=2024-08-10 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref> His interests included acting as a dressage (equestrian sports) instructor,<ref>[http://dressage.awardspace.biz/ ''A Passion for Dressage: Classical dressage based on the traditions of the Chilean Riding School''] – Gregorio Billikopf</ref> amateur radio operator, soccer referee. He wrote an online blog about the Hebrew Holy Scriptures,<ref>Holy Scriptures, https://holyscriptures7.blogspot.com/</ref> especially Isaiah and the latter prophets (NEVI'M).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Isaiah Testifies of Christ: An LDS Commentary |url=http://isaiah.awardspace.biz/ |access-date=2024-08-10 |website=isaiah.awardspace.biz}}</ref>
Billikopf was of Lithuanian-Jewish and German-Jewish descent on his father's side,<ref name=":2" /> being the grandson of Jacob Billikopf (involved in social work, Jewish philanthropy and labor arbitration) and great-grandson of Louis Marshall (corporate, constitutional and civil rights lawyer as well as a mediator and Jewish community leader). On his Chilean mother's side, Billikopf was related to Francisco Antonio Encina, author of the 20 volume ''Historia de Chile''.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}
Billikopf returned to California in his later years. He died in Citrus Heights, California at age 68.<ref name=":1" /> He was survived by his four children.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}
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== External links == * [http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/ucce50/ag-labor/7conflict/ Party-Directed Mediation: Facilitating Dialogue Between Individuals] by Gregorio Billikopf, free complete book PDF download, at the University of California (3rd Edition, posted 17 April 2014) * [https://archive.org/details/PartyDirMediation_201404/ Party-Directed Mediation: Facilitating Dialogue Between Individuals] by Gregorio Billikopf, free complete book PDF download from Archive.org - various formats (3rd Edition, posted 17 April 2014) * [https://web.archive.org/web/20140325191312/http://mediasite6.csustan.edu/Mediasite6/Play/58e1a36e39364156b7d9790670bad2b01d Interpersonal Negotiation Skills] two-hour seminar by Gregorio Billikopf, 2013, guest speaker at California State University, Stanislaus, a summary of Chapter 4 of Party-Directed Mediation. * [http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/ucce50/ag-labor/7article/article40.htm Empathic Listening Audio] by Gregorio Billikopf, download hour lecture on MP3 files (15 files in zip folder), at the University of California (2009, Chapter 2 of Party-Directed Mediation). * [http://issuu.com/australosorno/docs/n___139_-_revista_agricola_-_diciem Gregorio Billikopf, El Huasito - Revista Agricola - Osorno, Chile] Biographical article (2014) published by Revista Agricola, Diario Austral, in Chile after his return to Chile (IN SPANISH).
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