Background
Bakke, E. Wight was born on November 18, 1903 in Onawa, Iowa, United States. Son of Oscar C. and Harriet (Wight) Bakke.
Bakke, E. Wight was born on November 18, 1903 in Onawa, Iowa, United States. Son of Oscar C. and Harriet (Wight) Bakke.
Bachelor of Arts, Northwestern University, 1926, Doctor of Laws, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy, Yale, 1932.
Sociology Yale, 1932-1934, assistant professor economics, 1934-1938, director unemployment studies, institute Human Relations, 1932-1939, director studies in trade unionism, from 1939, professor economics, from 1938, Sterling professor, from 1940, director graduate studies in economics, 1940-1950, director Labor and Management Center from 1944. Fulbright professor to Denmark, 1953. Principal consultant social economist Social Security Board, 1936-1939.
Director National Bureau Economics Research.
Chairman appeals committee National War Labor Board. Consultant Department Labor, Navy Department.
Member several Presidential emergency boards Member of advisory council Cornell School Industrial and Labor Relations.
Member National Manpower Policy Task Force.
Board overseers Amos Tuck School. Trustee Quinnipiac College, New Haven.
Member several Presidential emergency boards Member of advisory council Cornell School Industrial and Labor Relations. Member National Manpower Policy Task Force.
Board overseers Amos Tuck School.
Member American Economics Association, Industrial Relations Research Association (president 1958), American Association for the Advancement of Science, International Industrial Relations Association, American Arbitration Association, Connecticut Academy Arts and Sciences, Corporation of Haverford, Delta Sigma Rho. Member Society of Friends.
Married Mary Sterling, September 1, 1926. Children: Karl East., Carolyn South. (Mistress Albert South. Bacdayan), William West. Instructor.