Hugh Baxter Killough

Background

Killough, Hugh Baxter was born on December 30, 1892 in Waco, Texas, United States. Son of Benjamin Terry and Martha Rowena (Lilley) Killough.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College, 1916. Master of Science, University Wisconsin, 1920. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1925.

Master of Arts (honorary), Brown University, 1943.

Career

Instructor economics, University of Minnesota, 1920-1921; economist extension service, Michigan State College, 1921-1922; assistant economist, United States Bureau Agricultural Economics, 1923-1924; member of faculty, Brown U., 1924-1959; professor, Brown U., 1931-1959; visiting professor economics, Northeatern U., 1959-1962; visiting professor economics, Interam. U., San German, P.R., from 1963. Economist United States Bureau Labor Statistics, 1943-1946, ECA mission in China, 1950-1951, J.G. White Engineering Corporation mission in Indonesia, 1952.

Achievements

• Hugh Baxter Killough has been listed as a noteworthy economist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Raw Materials of Industrialism (Kennikat Press scholarly reprints. Series on economic thought, history and challenge)

Membership

Second lieutenant United States Army, 1917-1918. Member American Economics Association, local Chamber of Commerce, Foreign Trade Club (Providence).

Connections

Married Lucy Burton Winsor, October 27, 1923. 1 child, Ann Winsor Hehre.

Father:

Benjamin Terry Killough

Mother:

Martha Rowena (Lilley) Killough

Spouse:

Lucy Burton Winsor

child:

Ann Winsor Hehre Killough