Background
Schmidt, Orvis Adrian was born on January 28, 1912 in Gresham, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Walter Anthony and Elise (Rockman) Schmidt.
Schmidt, Orvis Adrian was born on January 28, 1912 in Gresham, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Walter Anthony and Elise (Rockman) Schmidt.
Bachelor of Arts, Lawrence College, Appleton, Wisconsin, 1933. Master of Arts, Tufts College, Medford, Massachusetts, 1935. Student of University of Chicago, 1935-1936.
United States Treasury representative, American Embassy, Brazil, South America, 1937-1938. Member division Monetary Research, 1938-1940. Assistant director, Foreign Funds Control, 1941, director, 1944-1947.
Associate director division Monetary Research, March-November 1947.
Staff loan department International Bank of Reconstruction and Development, Washington, District of Columbia, 1947, assistant to loan director, 1949-1951, assistant director department operations, Western Hemisphere, 1952-1956, director, 1956-1964. Special adviser to the President, 1964-1967.
Liaison with Inter-American Committee for Alliance with Progress, 1964-1967.
Member division Monetary Research, 1938-1940. Member American Economics Association Chevy Chase Doctor of Medicine.
Married Elizabeth Merriam, November 14, 1936. Children: Roger Merriam, Brian Kirkwood, Research assistant.