George Ellsworth Putnam

Background

Putnam, George Ellsworth was born on July 9, 1887 in Richmond, Kansas, United States. Son of Charles Ellsworth and Ida (McGee) Putnam.

Education

Student Ottawa (Kansas) University, 1903-1905. Bachelor of Arts, University of Kansas, 1907. Master of Arts, Yale, 1908.

Rhodes scholar from Kansas, at University of Oxford, England, 1908-1911.

Diploma in economics “with distinction,” 1909, Bachelor of Letters, 1911.

Career

Elizabeth. Assistant professor economics, 1911-1914, associate professor, 1915-1916, University of Kansas. Professor economics Washington University, 1917-1919. Special expert United States Tariff Commission, summer 1918.

Consulting economist, Swift & Company, Chicago, July since 1920.

Director Security Mutual Casualty Company Author: Practice Problems in Economics, 1915. The Land Credit Problem, 1916.

Supplying Britain’s Meat, 1923. Company-author of Tariff Information Series (United States Government publn.), 1921.

Home: Hinsdale, Illinois.

Achievements

• George Ellsworth Putnam has been listed as a noteworthy economist by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Clare Elise Edwards, July 6, 1911.

Father:

Charles Ellsworth Putnam

Mother:

Ida (McGee) Putnam

Spouse:

Clare Elise Edwards