Background
Flanders, Dwight Prescott was born on March 14, 1909 in Rockford, Illinois, United States. Son of Daniel Bailey and Lulu Iona (Nichol) Flanders.
Flanders, Dwight Prescott was born on March 14, 1909 in Rockford, Illinois, United States. Son of Daniel Bailey and Lulu Iona (Nichol) Flanders.
Bachelor, University of Illinois, 1931; Master of Arts, University of Illinois, 1937; teaching certified, Beloit (Wisconsin) College, 1934; Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, Yale University, 1939.
With, McLeish, Baxter & Flanders (realtors), Rockford, 1931-1933;
instructor United States history and science in secondary schools, Rockford, 1934-1936;
assistant professor economics, College Liberal Arts and Sciences
professor statistics Maxwell Graduate School, Syracuse (New York) U., 1939-1942;
academic staff economics department social science, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, 1942-1946;
lieutenant colonel in charge of economics, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, 1945-1946;
member of faculty, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1946-1994;
professor economics, University of Illinois, 1953-1977;
professor emeritus department economics, College Commerce and Business Administration, 1977-1994;
professor emeritus department family and consumer economics, College Agriculture, 1980-1994. Chairman masters research seminar, 1947-1974, consultant in field. Partner McLeish and Flanders, 1978-1994.
Member nominating committee Nobel award in economics. Consultant Dept of Public Works and buildings, Illinois, 1959-1965.
President Three Lakes (Wisconsin) Waterfront Homeowners Association, 1969-1971, director, 1971-1975, official board, 1975-1984. Served to lieutenant colonel Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Member American Economic Association, Midwest Economics Association, Royal Economic Society, Econometric Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Gamma Sigma (chapter president 1959-1961), Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Kappa Psi.
Club: Yale (Chicago).
Married Mildred Margaret Hutchison, August 27, 1939 (deceased December 1978). Children: James Prescott, Thomas Addison.