James Ford

Background

Ford, James was born on October 1, 1884 in Clinton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Andrew Elmer and Ellen Louise (Burdett) Ford.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1905, Master of Arts, 1906. Graduate work College Libre des Sciences Sociales, France, 1906-1907, University of Berlin, 1907. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard, 1909.

Career

1 daughter, Margaret Morrow. Institute in social ethics, Harvard University, 1909-1913. Assistant professor, 1913-1921.

Associate professor since 1921.

Director International Housing Association President and trustee Prospect Union Ednl. Exchange. Manager Homes Registration and Information Division, United States Housing Corporation, 1918-1919.

Associate director President's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership, 1930-1933. Member Executive Committee of the commission on hygiene of housing American Public Health Association (chairman subordinate committee on standards of occupancy).

Consultant to the United States Defense Housing Company-ordinator, 1940-1942.

Consultant National Housing Agency since 1942.

Achievements

• James Ford has been listed as a notable sociologist, author by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Executive Committee of the commission on hygiene of housing American Public Health Association (chairman subordinate committee on standards of occupancy). Fellow. American Association for the Advancement of Science (secretary section K., social and economics sciences), American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Connections

Married Marian Willard Tyler, September 4, 1909. Married second, Katherine Morrow, February 21, 1936. Children: Margaret (Mistress Edward Lownes Francis), Caroline (Mistress Edward Mason Read III), James Andrew.

Father:

Andrew Elmer Ford

Mother:

Ellen Louise (Burdett) Ford

Spouse:

Katherine Morrow

Spouse:

Marian Willard Tyler

child:

Caroline Ford (Mistress Edward Mason Read III)

child:

Margaret Ford (Mistress Edward Lownes Francis)

child:

James Andrew Ford