Background
Latham, Earl was born on October 28, 1907 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Artemas Leroy and Irene Florence (Ganson) Latham.
Latham, Earl was born on October 28, 1907 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Artemas Leroy and Irene Florence (Ganson) Latham.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1930, Doctor of Philosophy, 1939. Master of Arts (honorary), Amherst College, 1949.
Assistant department government Harvard, 1933-1935, instructor and tutor, 1936-1940, lecturer, summer 1947, visiting professor, 1959-1960, summer 1947, 49, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58. Instructor and tutor government Radcliffe College, 1938-1940. Assistant professor political science University of Minnesota, 1940-1944, associate professor, 1944-1948.
Joseph B. Eastman professor political science Amherst College, from 1948, department chairman, 1949-1973, distinguished lecturer, from 1973.
Sperry-Hutchinson Foundation lecturer U. Florida, 1962. Visiting professor political science Mount Holyoke College, 1951-1952.
Former political science editor Harcourt, Brace & Company. Senior administrative analyst United States Bureau Budget, 1942-1943, assistant chief field service, 1943-1946, chief budget examiner, 1946, consultant, 1946-1947, member of advisory committee, from 1952.
Consultant Office of Personnel Services, O.D.M., 1951-1953, to statistical office United Nations, 1948.
Member executive council Administrative Office of the United States, 1961-1963. Delaware 4th Congress, International Political Science Association, Rome, 1958. Board directors Social Science Research Council, 1954-1960, Chairman of Commission social science personnel, 1952-1960.
Director North.E., Western Massachusetts citizenship clearing houses.
Social Science Research fellow New York, 1935-1936, recipient award for research governmental affairs, 1961-1962.
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member American (Executive Committee 1953-1955, program chairman 1955-1956, vice president 1957-1958), New England (president 1953-1954) political science associations, American Society Public Administration, A.A.U.P., Psi Upsilon, Pi Sigma Alpha. Club: Cosmos (Washington).
Married Margaret Victoria Perrier, August 21, 1935. Children: Peter Samuel, Susan Gail.