Background
Spruill, Corydon Perry was born on February 5, 1899 in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Son of Corydon Perry and Sadie Richard (Short) Spruill.
economist professor university dean
Spruill, Corydon Perry was born on February 5, 1899 in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Son of Corydon Perry and Sadie Richard (Short) Spruill.
Bachelor of Arts North Carolina, 1920. BLitt, Oxford University, England, 1922. Postgraduate, Harvard University, 1930.
Assistant professor economics University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1922-1926, associate professor, 1926-1932, professor, 1932-1961, alumnus district professor economics, 1961-1968, professor emeritus, 1968-1988, dean of faculty, 1955-1957, chairman faculty, 1964-1966. Instructor, tutor Harvard University, 1929-1930. Economist OPA, Washington, 1944-1945.
Director study, editor report North Carolina Committee for Study Public School Finance, 1958.
Secretary Chapel Hill History Society, 1969-1972. Trustee Preservation Society Chapel Hill, 1972-1975. With United States Army Air Force, 1918.
From major to lieutenant colonel Quartermaster Corps, Army of the United States, 1942-1944. Member Royal Economic Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Pi Kappa Phi.
Married Julia Grimes Cherry, September 14, 1922.