Background
Young, Ralph Aubrey was born on June 12, 1901 in Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States. Son of Benjamin and Virginia (Crawford) Young.
Young, Ralph Aubrey was born on June 12, 1901 in Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States. Son of Benjamin and Virginia (Crawford) Young.
Bachelor of Arts, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1923, Doctor of Laws, 1969. Master of Business Administration, Northwestern University, 1925. Doctor of Philosophy, University Pennsylvania, 1930.
Instructor University of Pennsylvania, 1925-1928. Research staff National Industrial Conference Board, 1928-1929, 32-34. Special business analyst Department of Commerce, 1929-1930.
Social Science Research Council fellow, 1930-1931.
Assistant professor of University Pennsylvania, 1931-1937, associate professor, 1937-1940, professor, 1940-1945. Research staff and director financial research program, National Bureau Economics Research, 1938-1945.
Assistant director division research and statistics Board governments Federal Reserve System, 1946-1947, associate director, 1947-1948, director, 1948-1959, adviser to board, 1960-1966, Chairman of Commission to review regulatory activities, 1975-1976, secretary Federal Open Market Committee, 1960-1966, director board’s division international finance, 1961-1965. Consultant division central banking services International Monetary Fund, 1966-1976.
Director Independence Square Income Securities Fund, Temporary Investment Fund.
Trustee Trust for Short-Term Federal Securities. Director Westchester Corporation. Lecturer Georgia Washington University, 1948-1962.
Member research advisory board Committee for Economics Development, 1944-1956, associate. Member, 1956-1966; member board National Academy Economics and Political Science, 1954-1960. Member Conference Business Economists.
Fellow Center for Advanced Study, Wesleyan University, 1968.
Fellow American Statistical Association. Member Beta Gamma Sigma, Phi Gamma Delta.
Methodist. Club: Cosmos (Washington).
Married Louise Merwin, September 5, 1925. Children: Merwin Crawford, Anne Alexandra, Ralph Aubrey.