Background
Mclaren, Walter Wallace was born on March 4, 1877 in Renfrew, Ontario, Canada. Son of John and Emma (Beal) Mclaren.
Mclaren, Walter Wallace was born on March 4, 1877 in Renfrew, Ontario, Canada. Son of John and Emma (Beal) Mclaren.
Master of Arts, Queens U., Canada, 1899, Bachelor of Divinity, 1902. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard, 1908. Doctor of Laws, Lawrence College, 1927, Queen’s University, Canada, 1948.
Pastor St. Andrew’s Church, Picton, Ontario, Canada, 1902-1905. Professor economics and politics, Keiogijuku, Tokyo, 1908-1914. Editor Transactions Asiatic Society of Japan, 1912-1914.
Professor economics, 1914-1945, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts. Professor economics, Hamilton College, 1945-1946. Began teaching in Tokyo.
Economist for Far Eastern countries in Department of State, Washington, 1920-1921. Secretary to American delegation and chief International Secretariat at Washington Conference on Electrical Communications, 1920. Executive secretary Institute of Politics, Williamstown, Massachusetts.
Chairman of the executive committee Conference on Canadian-American Affairs, 1935.
Fellow American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Member American Economics Association Asiatic Society Japan, Kappa Alpha. Prebyterian.
Married Zaidee Rogers, 1910. Children: Walter Rogers, Zaidee, Mary Catherine.