Background
Bennett, Orval was born on August 4, 1887 in Chrisney, Indiana, United States. Son of John Stephen and Matilda (Baker) Bennett.
Bennett, Orval was born on August 4, 1887 in Chrisney, Indiana, United States. Son of John Stephen and Matilda (Baker) Bennett.
Bachelor of Science, Central Normal College, Danville, 1910, Bachelor of Arts, 1911, Bachelor of Laws, 1911. Bachelor of Arts, Indiana State University, 1915, American, 1917. Graduate study, University of Illinois, 1920, Harvard, 1921.
Master of Laws, Saint Louis University, 1922, Juris Doctor, 1923.
Doctor of Philosophy, Brookings Institution, 1924.
Admitted to Indiana Barometer 1911, and practiced in Danville, 1910-1911. Instructor in economics University of Illinois, 1920.
Professor of economics, Washington University, Saint Louis, since 1947.
Research economist with Federal Trade Commission, Washington, 1923-1924.
Served as economist and price specialist Saint Louis-Dallas District, O.P.A., 1945. Fellow Royal Economics Society of London, Brookings Institution, Washington. Non-Partisan in politics.
Married Mae Estella Tate, August 13, 1916.