Background
Ayers, Clarence Edwin was born on May 6, 1891 in Lowell, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William S. and Emma (Young) Ayers.
Ayers, Clarence Edwin was born on May 6, 1891 in Lowell, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William S. and Emma (Young) Ayers.
Bachelor of Arts, Brown U., 1912, A.M., 1914. Studied Harvard; Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1917.
Fellow in philosophy, University of Chicago, 1916-1917, instructor, 1917-1920. Associate professor philosophy, Amherst, 1920-1923. Professor same, Reed College, Portland, Oregon, 1923-1924.
Associate editor The New Republic, 1924-1925. Professor principles of education, Ohio State University, summer, 1927. Lecturer in philosophy and adviser in Experimental College, University of Wisconsin, 1928-1929.
Professor economics University of Texas, 1930-1969. Visiting professor, University of Washington, autumn, 1940. Director San Antonio Branch Federal Reserve Bank 1954-1959.
Director consumers division unites states department of Labor, Washington, District of Columbia 1936. Member Committee on the Southwest Economy 1950-1953.
Fellow in philosophy, University of Chicago, 1916-1917, instructor, 1917-1920. Member Committee on the Southwest Economy 1950-1953. Member American Philosophical Association, American Economics Association American Association University professors, Southwestern Social Science Association (president 1939), Association Evolutionary Economics (1st president 1966).
Married Anna Bryan, 1915 (divorced).; married second, Gwendolen Jane, 1926. Children: Catharine, Muriel (Mistress B. L. Towle), Kenneth R.