Background
Field, James Alfred was born on May 26, 1880 in Milton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of James Alfred and Caroline Leslie (Whitney) Field.
Field, James Alfred was born on May 26, 1880 in Milton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of James Alfred and Caroline Leslie (Whitney) Field.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1903. Post-graduate work, Harvard, 1903-1905, University of Berlin, 1905-1906.
Assistant in economics, 1903-1904, Austin teaching fellow in economics, 1904-1905, instructor, 1906-1908, Harvard. Instructor in economics, Radcliffe College, 1906-1907. Instructor political economy, 1908-1910, assistant professor, 1910-1913, associate professor, 1913-1918, professor, since 1918, dean Colls. of Arts and Literature, 1923-1924, University of Chicago.
Associate editor, Journal Political Economy. Special investigator Division of Statistics of Council National Defense, 1917. Chief statistician, American Shipping Mission, Allied Maritime Transport Council, London, 1918-1919.
Fellow American Statistical Association.
Married Amy Morehead Walker, September 17, 1914. Children: James Alfred, Charles Walker.