Background
Gries, John Matthew was born on June 22, 1877 in near Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio, United States. Son of Alexander and Mary Ellen (Scarborough) Gries.
Gries, John Matthew was born on June 22, 1877 in near Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio, United States. Son of Alexander and Mary Ellen (Scarborough) Gries.
Student Ohio Northern University, Ada., O. Bachelor of Arts, Miami University, Oxford, O., 1905, Master of Arts, 1906, Doctor of Laws, 1923. Graduate student in economics, University of Wisconsin, 1906-1907, Columbia, 1907-1908.
University Settlement, New York, 1907-1908. Special agent United States Bureau Corporation, Washington, 1908-1914. Lecturer, later assistant professor, Harvard, 1914-1921.
Director Harvard Bureau Business Research, 1918.
Examiner United States Federal Trade Commission, 1917. Expert United States Shipping Board, 1918.
Chief Division of Building and Housing, bureau of Standards, unites states department Commerce, 1921-1928, chief Division of Public Construction, 1929-1930. Executive secretary President's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership, 1930-1932.
Member Federal Home Loan Bank Board, 1932-1933.
Member Federal Home Loan Bank Board, 1932-1933. Member of President Harding’s Conference on Unemployment, 1921. Member Committee on Seasonal Operation in Construction, same, 1923-1924.
Member American Planning and Civic Association (director), American City Planning Institute (honorary), Delta Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, Acacia.
Member Christian Church. Mason; member Order of the Eastern Star Joint.
Married Ethel Martha Goff, December 22, 1909. Children: John Paul, Robert Goff, George A. Financial secretary.