Background
Stocking, George Ward was born on September 24, 1892 in Clarendon, Texas, United States. Son of Jerome Daniel and Sarah Maria (Ward) Stocking.
Stocking, George Ward was born on September 24, 1892 in Clarendon, Texas, United States. Son of Jerome Daniel and Sarah Maria (Ward) Stocking.
Graduate Clarendon College, 1910. Bachelor of Arts, University Texas, 1918. Master of Arts, Columbia (Garth fellow), 1921, Doctor of Philosophy, 1925.
March 1973); children—George Ward, Myron Ralph, Sybil Ruth, Cynthia. Married second, Anne Fuendeling, September 1, 1973. With Bureau Education Philippine Islands, 1915-1916.
Superintendent public schools, Clarendon, 1918-1919.
With geological department Empire Gas & Fuel Company, Fort Worth, 1919-1920. Assistant professor economics U. Vermont, 1922-1923.
Economist National Industrial Conference Board, New York City, 1923-1924. Assistant professor economics Dartmouth, 1924-1925.
Associate professor economics University Texas, 1925-1926, professor, 1926-1946.
Director Institute Research in Social Sciences, research professor economics Vanderbilt University, 1947-1963, professor emeritus, from 1963. Research associate department economics University of California at Berkeley, 1964-1965. Visiting scholar Stanford, 1967-1973.
Visiting professor American U. Beirut, Lebanon, 1960-1961.
Visiting distinguished professor Michigan State University, 1965. Technology adviser Labor Advisory Board, National Rifle Association, 1933-1935.
Member Petroleum Labor Policy Board, National Rifle Association, 1933-1934, chairman, 1934-1935. Chairman National Longshoremen’s Mediation Board, 1935-1936.
Member of national advisory council Social Security Board, 1937-1938.
Assistant director bureau research and statistics, advising committee to Council National Defense, 1940. Head consent degree section, antitrust division unites states department Justice, 1941. Alternate National Defense Mediation Board, 1941.
Chairman President's Emergency Board in Atlanta, Birmingham & Coast Railroad labor dispute, 1941.
Director fuels division Office of Price Administration, 1942. Public member War Labor Board, 1943.
Member National Railway Labor Panel, 1943-1946. Company-director Study in International Cartels and Domestic Monopoly, Twentieth Century Fund, 1944-1947.
Impartial arbitrator various labor disputes under Railway Labor Acting.
Director Social Science Research Council, New York City, 1948-1954, chairman 1954.
Served with United States Army, 1918. Guggenheim research fellow, 1932. Member American (president 1958), Southern (president 1952) economics associations, American Association University Professors, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Tau Omega.
Club: Cosmos.
Married Dorothe Reichard, June 23, 1923 (deceased. Married second, Anne Fuendeling, September 1, 1973. Children: George Ward, Myron Ralph, Sybil Ruth, Cynthia.