Background
Blakey, Roy Gillispie was born on April 27, 1880 in Shelbina, Missouri, United States. Son of Frederic Glendi and Minora (Gillispie) Blakey.
Blakey, Roy Gillispie was born on April 27, 1880 in Shelbina, Missouri, United States. Son of Frederic Glendi and Minora (Gillispie) Blakey.
Student of University of Missouri, 1900-1901. Bachelor of Philosophy, Drake University, 1905, Doctor of Laws, 1940. Master of Arts, University Colorado, 1910.
Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia, 1912.
Reporter Daily Camera, Boulder, Colorado, later Rocky Mountain News, 1908-1909. Special agent New York State Food Investigating Commission, 1912. Assistant professor economics, Cornell Univercity, 1912-1915.
Assistant professor economics University of Minnesota, 1915-1918, associate professor, 1918-1919, professor, 1919-1948, professor emeritus since 1948.
Visiting professor University of California at Los Angeles, 1948-1951, U. Hawaii, 1949. Now holds chair of public finance Faculty of Political Science, State University of Turkey, Ankara.
Also lecturer Turkish Army Intelligence Division, and general adivser or consultant Mutual Security Administration and University Research and Activities. Director Bureau Research and Statistics, Minnesota State Tax Commission, 1916.
Economist and trade specialist United States War Trade Board, 1918.
Economist and associate director Savings Division United States Treasury Department, 1918-1919. Institute of Economics, Brookings Institution, 1927-1928. Consultant North Carolina State Tax Commission, 1928-1929.
Tax adviser to governor West. Virginia, 1930.
Director Minnesota tax survey, 1931-1932. Director tax public expenditure division Minnesota and unites states department of Agriculture land utilization survey, 1933.
Member finance committee Minneapolis Survey Commission, 1929-1931. Member Government’s Committee on Liquor Control and Taxation, 1933. Member Minnesota State Planning Board, 1934-1935.
Fellow Royal Economics Society, Royal History Society.
Member American Economics Association, National Tax Association (Vice-President 1942-1943, president 1943-1944), Beta Gamma Sigma, Phi Beta Kappa, Lambda Chi Alpha, Alpha Kappa Psi.
Married Gladys McAlpine Campbell, August, 1917.