Background
Edwards, Corwin D. was born on November 1, 1901 in Nevada, Missouri, United States. Son of Granville Dennis and Ida May (Moore) Edwards.
Edwards, Corwin D. was born on November 1, 1901 in Nevada, Missouri, United States. Son of Granville Dennis and Ida May (Moore) Edwards.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Missouri, 1920, Bachelor of Journalism, 1921. Bachelor of Letters, Oxford (England) University, 1924. Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell Univercity, 1928.
Instructor economics Cornell Univercity, 1924-1926. From instructor to associate professor economics Washington Square College, New York University, 1926-1933. Economist, chief price section, assistant director and technical director Consumers Advisory Board, National Rifle Association, 1933-1935, coordinator trades practice studies section, division review, 1935-1936.
Principal economist division industrial economics, President's Committee Industrial Analysis, 1936.
Economics adviser, assistant chief economist Federal Trade Commission, 1937-1939. Economics consultant, chairman policy board anti-trust division Department Justice, 1939-1944.
Chief staff American Technology Mission to Brazil, 1942-1943. Head Mission Japanese Combines, 1946.
Consultant Department State, 1943-1948.
Professor economics Northwestern University, 1944-1948. Director bureau industrial economics Federal Trade Commission, 1948-1953. Pitt professor American Institutions, Cambridge (England) University, 1953-1954.
Professor economics University of Virginia, 1954-1955.
Professor government and business University of Chicago, 1955-1963. Professor economics U. Oregon, 1963-1971.
Member United States delegate Economic and Social Council (of the United Nations), 1951, representative on ad hoc committee, 1952-1953. Member Consumers Advisory Council, 1967-1969.
Member commission on legal aspects of computerized information systems, 1971-1972.
Member United States delegate Economic and Social Council (of the United Nations), 1951, representative on ad hoc committee, 1952-1953. Member Consumers Advisory Council, 1967-1969. Member commission on legal aspects of computerized information systems, 1971-1972.
Member American Economics Association Beta Kappa.
Married Janet Morris Ward, December 20, 1924. Married second, Gertrud Greig, February 15, 1948. Children: Ward Dennis, Corinne Jennifer.