Background
Tippetts, Charles Sanford was born on January 16, 1893 in in Glens Falls, New York, United States. Son of of William Henry and Emily Katharine (Bell) T.
Tippetts, Charles Sanford was born on January 16, 1893 in in Glens Falls, New York, United States. Son of of William Henry and Emily Katharine (Bell) T.
Student Mercersburg (Pennsylvania), Academy, 1910-1912. Little B., Princeton, 1916, Master of Arts, 1922, Doctor of Philosophy, 1924. Studied law, Harvard, 1916-1917.
Little Doctorate. (honorary), Franklin and Marshall College, 1941.
Doctor of Science, (honorary) Lafayette College, 1954.
Institute economics, Princeton, 1919-1921 and 1923-1924. Assistant professor economics State University of Iowa, 1924-1925, professor, 1925-1928. Professor business administration, University of Washington, 1928-1929.
Professor economics, University of Buffalo, 1929-1935.
Dean School of Business Administration, University of Pittsburgh, 1935-1941. Headmaster, Mercersburg Academy, 1941-1961, emeritus, 1961-1967.
Visiting professor, summer sessions, University of Washington, 1930, West Virginia University, 1931, Ohio State University, 1932. Director Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh.
Member State Highway Planning Commission, 1949-1951, Pennsylvania Citizens Committee for Welfare, 1946-1967. Economist National Committee on Monetary Policy. Served as first lieutenant Infantry, 76th Division, American Expeditionary Force, 1917-1919.
Member American Economic Association, Headmasters Association, Scabbard and Blade, Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Gamma Sigma, Delta Sigma Rho, Alpha Kappa Psi, Omicron Delta Kappa.
Mason.; Clubs: University, Harvard-Yale-Princeton (Pittsburgh).
Married Margaret Elizabeth Griffith, April. Children: Katherine Bell, Charles Sanford.