Harry Gray Brainard

Background

Brainard, Harry Gray was born on August 16, 1907 in Rochester, New York, United States. Son of Harry Cummings and Anna (Conner) Brainard.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University North Carolina, 1930. Master of Science, University North Carolina, 1931. Doctor of Philosophy, University Illinois, 1935.

Career

Assistant professor The Citadel, Charleston, South Carolina, 1935—1937. Professor, head department economics Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 1937—1946. Professor Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1946—1974, professor economics emeritus, 1974, acting head, department economics, 1960—1961.

Economist Department Labor, Washington, 1937, Office Price Administration, Washington, 1942—1945, War Department, 1945, Research Division General Headquarters, Japan, 1946. Visiting professor University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1946, 1979, University Arizona, Tucson, 1962, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, 1979—1980. Lecturer George Washington University, 1944.

Consultant Appropriations Committee United States House Representatives, 1951—1952, Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, 1964, Agency International Development Contract Ministry Education, Turkey, 1967—1969, Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, 1965. Acting director Bureau Business Economic Research, 1966.

Achievements

• Harry Gray Brainard has been listed as a noteworthy economics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • International Economics & Public Policy

Membership

Member quota committee Michigan United Fund, Lansing, 1956—1967. Member of American Economics Association, Midwest Economics Association (president 1965-1966), Delta Upsilon, Beta Gamma Sigma.

Interests

• Photography, travel.

Connections

Married Elizabeth McEvoy, July 10, 1936.