Background
Bradford, Ernest Smith was born on August 19, 1877 in Moorehead, Minnesota, United States. Son of J. Burritt Smith and Marcia A. Bradford.
Bradford, Ernest Smith was born on August 19, 1877 in Moorehead, Minnesota, United States. Son of J. Burritt Smith and Marcia A. Bradford.
Direct descendant Governor William Bradford. Removed to Wisconsin, 1880. Bachelor of Laws, University of Wisconsin, 1897.
Teacher, 1898-1900, 1903-1904.
Traveled, 1901, 1902. Real estate, 1902-1903.
Fellow political science University of Wisconsin, 1904-1906. Fellow political science University of Pennsylvania, 1906-1907.
Economist and statistician Department Commerce, 1907-1913 (field studies, editorial work on lumber, water transport, water power, trust laws, farm machinery, science management, others). Appointed chief of division corporation reports Federal Trade Commission, 1915. Statistician, trade investigator, United States Rubber Company.
New York City, 1916-1918.
Statistician Emergency Fleet Corporation, May 1918-July 1919. Manager business research bureau, McGraw-Hill Company.
New York City, 1919-1920. Member economics advising committee President’ Conference on Employment, October 1921.
Economist-statistician Secretary Hoover’s Committee on Business Cycle.
Special study of building industries. Lecturer, Columbia and College City New York, trade survey director Tanners’ Council, 1923-1927. Senior studies shoe and leather industries, consultant business statistician (marketing).
Economics adviser Federal Employment Stabilization Board, 1931.
Assistant professor, director Bureau Business Research, City College, 1930-1947. Now assistant professor marketing Manhattan College.
Director retail store survey New York City, 1932-1934, supervising unemployed groups for Emergency Work Bureau Scoutmaster, 1923-1926. Secretary Charter communications of New Rochelle, 1928.
Member economics advising committee President’ Conference on Employment, October 1921. Member Society for Advancement Management, American Statistical Association (Vice-President), American Marketing Association.
Married Florence Beatrice Mott, 1906. Children: Alice Rypins, Anne Cadman.