Background
Nourse, Edwin Griswold was born on May 20, 1883 in Lockport, New York, United States. Son of Edwin Henry and Harriet Augusta (Beaman) Nourse.
Nourse, Edwin Griswold was born on May 20, 1883 in Lockport, New York, United States. Son of Edwin Henry and Harriet Augusta (Beaman) Nourse.
A.A., Lewis Institute, 1904. Bachelor of Arts, Cornell Univercity, 1906. Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1915.
(honorary) Doctor of Laws, Illinois Institute Technology, 1950. Doctor of Science, Iowa State University, 1958.
1 son, John Tyler, Instructor finance Wharton School Finance and Commerce, University of Pennsylvania, 1909-1910. Professor, head department economics and sociology United States.D., 1910-1912, University of Arkansas, 1915-1918. Professor agricultural economics Iowa State College, and chief agricultural economics section Iowa Experiment Station, 1918-1923, chief agricultural division, 1923-1929, director, 1929-1942, Institute Economics Brookings Institution, Washington.
Vice president Brookings Institution, 1942-1946. Chairman Council Economics Advisers, Executive office President, 1946-1949. Visiting Distinguished professor Pennsylvania State University, 1959.
League of Nations Committee Nutrition, 1935-1937. Senior fellow Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1950-1952.
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Economics Association (president 1942). Member American Philosophical Society, Joint Council Economics Education (vice chairman), American Farm Economics Association (president 1924), Social Science Research Council (chairman 1942-1945), Alpha Zeta, Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Gamma Museum. Clubs: Chevy Chase (Maryland.).
Married Ray Marie Tyler, August 17, 1910.