Background
Ferguson, Allen Richmond was born on September 27, 1919 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Duncan Hector Campbell and Margaret Esther (Allen) Ferguson.
Ferguson, Allen Richmond was born on September 27, 1919 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Duncan Hector Campbell and Margaret Esther (Allen) Ferguson.
AB, Brown University, 1941. Master of Arts, Brown University, 1943. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard, 1949.
Assistant professor economics University Virginia, 1949-1951. Economist OPS, 1951, Central Intelligence Agency, 1951-1952. Deputy head logistics department Rand Corporation, 1953-1958.
Director research Transportation Center, Northwestern University, 1958-1960. Senior economist Rand Corporation, 1960-1963. Coordinator international aviation State Department, 1963-1965.
Deputy manager systems economics division, director policy research Planning Research Corporation, 1965-1971. Independent economist, 1971-1972. Founder, president Public Interest Economics Center and Foundation, 1972-1984.
President AFE, Inc., since 1984. Adviser Office Secretary Defense, 1958-1959. Coordinator research National Committee for Effective Congress, 1970.
Consultant House Committee on Banking and Currency, 1971, International Bank for Reconstrn. and Development, Government of Manitoba, Canada, 1972, Commodities Future Trading Commission, 1976. Chairman National Institute Economics and Law, 1980-1984. Executive secretary Economists' Committee Public Policy, 1985-1987.
Antitrust expert witness, since 1987. Consultant transportation and marketing division United States Department of Agriculture, since 1991, Association American Railroads, 1984-1985, 92, National Academy of Sciences Transp.Rsch. Board, 1992, Environmental Protection Agency, region 9, 1991-1992, Canada Broadcasting Corporation, 1987.
Served as 1st lieutenant, pilot United States Army Air Force, 1943-1945. Member of American Economic Association, Distinguished Flying Cross Society, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Audrey Irene Mitscher, January 12, 1944. Children: Allen Richmond, Rondell Audrey, William Duncan, Duncan Campbell.