Background
Millikan, Max Franklin was born on December 12, 1913 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Robert Andrews and Greta (Blanchard) Millikan.
Millikan, Max Franklin was born on December 12, 1913 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Robert Andrews and Greta (Blanchard) Millikan.
Student California Institute Technology, 1931-1933. Bachelor of Science in Physics, Yale, 1935, Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, 1941. Student Cambridge University, 1935-1936.
Instructor economics Yale, 1938-1941, assistant professor, 1941-1942, research associate, 1942-1949. On leave, 1942-1946, as senior business specialist Office of Price Administration, 1942, principal economist War Shipping Administration, 1942-1944, assistant director division ship requirements, 1944-1946, chief economics intelligence branch division research for Europe, Department of State, 1946, assistant executive secretary President's Committee on Foreign Aid, 1947, consultant House of Representatives Select Committee on Foreign Aid, 1947. Associate professor Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1949-1951, professor economics, 1952-1969, director Center International Studies.
1952-1969.
On leave, 1951-1952, as assistant director Central Intelligence Agency, Washington. Member President's Task Force Foreign Aid, 1961. President World Peace Foundation, 1956-1969.
Trustee Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1964-1969.
Member American Economics Association, Econometric Society, Royal Economics Society, Institute Mathematics Statistics, American Statistical Association, Council Foreign Relations, Incorporated., American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Clubs: Cosmos (Washington).
Married Jeanne MacBeath Thomson, July 14, 1937. Children: Jane Andrews, Nicholas Thomson, Abigail.