Background
Doenges, Byron Frederick was born on June 18, 1922 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States. Son of Arthur Philip and Elsie (Mesing) Doenges.
economist educator government official
Doenges, Byron Frederick was born on June 18, 1922 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States. Son of Arthur Philip and Elsie (Mesing) Doenges.
Diploma, International Business College, 1941. Student, DePauw University, 1943—1944. AB, Franklin College, Indiana, 1946.
Master of Business Administration, Indiana University, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy, Indiana University, 1962. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Franklin College of Indiana, 1985.
Instructor, headmaster boarding department, Punahou Senior Academy, Honolulu, 1948-1950;
director scholarships and loans, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1951-1956;
assistant dean College Arts and Sciences, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1955-1965;
professor economics, dean College Liberal Arts, Willamette U., 1965-1971;
economics consultant, Governor Oregon, 1971-1972;
deputy assistant director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, Washington, 1972-1973;
chief economics and special studies division, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, 1973-1976;
senior economics advisor, United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, 1976-1993;
independent writer and international economics consultant, since 1993. Program development head Title II National Defense Education Act, United States Office Education, Washington, 1958-1959. Associate director Salzburg (Austria) Seminar American Studies, 1962-1964.
Member Higher Commission N.W. Association Secondary and Higher Schools, 1968-1971. Member Executive Board N.W. Association Private Colleges Universities, 1969-1970. Chairman planning committee Navy V-12 National Colloquium, 1989.
Conduct special research on internat.capital movements, economics higher education, economics arms control, Soviet and successor states to former Soviet Union economies, economics impact ofdef. spending.
Lieutenant commander of The United States Navy Reserve, 1943-1946, PTO. Member American Economics Association, Cosmos Club (Washington), Lambda Chi Alpha (member of national fellowship board since 1965, Meritorious Svc. award 1984), Pi Gamma Mu, Omicron Delta Kappa.
Married Elaine Aiken, June 15, 1947.