Background
White, Arthur Fairchild was born on April 13, 1895 in Manhattan, Kansas, United States. Son of Francis H. and Anna D. (Fairchild) White.
White, Arthur Fairchild was born on April 13, 1895 in Manhattan, Kansas, United States. Son of Francis H. and Anna D. (Fairchild) White.
Bachelor of Arts, Pomona (California) College, 1916.
Executive department statistician of Southern Pacific Company, San Francisco, 1918-1933. Pioneered in development of comparable transportation statistics for railways, water lines, bus and truck lines and coördination of railway with highway service, on staff of federal coördinator of transportation, Washington, District of Columbia, 1933-1935—In charge of collecting, analyzing and publishing statistics of railway, waterway, highway, airway and pipe-line traffic, service and costs. A leading government witness at Interstate Commerce Commission hearings for investigation of railway passenger fares, since 1935.
Head cost analyst and assistant director Interstate Commerce Commission, April since 1935.
Home: Bethesda, Maryland.
Married Irene Leek, October 19, 1918 (deceased). Married second, Mistress. Children: Arthur, Raymond, Donald, George.