Background
Prentice, James Stuart was born on July 1, 1889 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Son of Alexander and Helen (Lunan) Prentice.
Prentice, James Stuart was born on July 1, 1889 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Son of Alexander and Helen (Lunan) Prentice.
Bachelor of Arts, Queen's University, 1914, Master of Arts, 1927. Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1931.
Came to the United States, 1928, naturalized, 1942. Professor economics Hislop College, Nagpur, India, 1920-1926, also lecturer U. Nagpur. Economist Department of Labor, Ottawa, Canada, 1927-1928.
Professor economics Defiance (O.) College, 1928-1930.
Assistant professor Middlebury (Vermont) College, 1931-1937, associate professor, 1937-1949, Hepburn Chair professor economics, 1949-1956, department chairman economics, 1950-1956, chairman social science division, 1952-1956. Visiting professor Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1956-1972.
Member Council for Social Action Congressional Churches in the United States, 1938-1944. Served with Canadian Army, France, 1914-1919. Member American Economics Association, American Economics History Association, Economics Carlisle Pennsylvania.
Married Margaret Gibson MacDonald, December 12, 1921. Children: West. Neil, Helen A., Margaret J., Robert Alexander.