Background
Condliffe, John B. was born on December 23, 1891 in Melbourne, Australia. Son of Alfred Bell and Margaret (Marley) Condliffe.
Condliffe, John B. was born on December 23, 1891 in Melbourne, Australia. Son of Alfred Bell and Margaret (Marley) Condliffe.
Educated Canterbury University College, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. Doctor of Science, New Zealand, Doctorate. Letters (honorary), 1957. Doctor of Laws, Occidental College, 1942.
Professor economics Canterbury College, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1920-1926. Research secretary Institute Pacific Relations, 1927-1930. Professor economics University of Michigan, 1930-1931.
Member League of Nations Secretariat, 1931-1937.
Professor commerce U. London, 1937-1939. Professor economics University of California, 1940-1958, also director teaching Institute of Economics, 1947-1952.
Consultant Reserve Bank of New Zealand, 1957. Associate director, Division of History and Economics, Carnegie Endowment, 1943-1948.
Senior economist Stanford Research Institute, 1961-1967.
Rapporteur-general International Studies Conference, 1937-1939. Chairman Geneva Research Center, 1937-1939. Chairman international research committee Institute of Pacific Relations, 1942-1945.
Adviser Indian National Council Applied Economics Research, 1959-1960.
Member League of Nations Secretariat, 1931-1937. Member Royal Economics Society, American Economics Association, Economics Society Australia and New Zealand.
Married Olive G. Mills, June 20, 1916. Children: John Charles (deceased), Peter George, Margaret Mary.