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Eddison, John Corbin was born on November 4, 1919 in New York City. Son of William Barton and Mary (Corbin) Eddison.
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John Corbin Eddison
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John Corbin Eddison, American Economist. Overseas fellow Ford Foundation, 1953-1954. Selectman Town of Lexington, Massachusetts, since 1984, Chairman of the Board of selectman, 1986-1988, 90. Captain Civil Engineering, Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Member American Civil Liberties Union, American Economics Association, Alpha Delta Phi.
Education
Graduate, St. Paul's School, 1938; Bachelor of Arts, Cornell Univercity, 1942; Master of Science, Cornell Univercity, 1948; Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1955.
Career
Personnel assistant E.I. duPont de Nemours & Company, 1947-1948. Industrial engineer Campbell Soup Company, 1949-1951. Industrial advisor Event-driven architecture, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1955-1956.
Assistant to representative in Burma, Ford Foundation, 1956-1957. Economic advisor to Government W. Pakistan, Harvard Advisory Group, Lahore, 1958-1961, to. Pakistan Planning Commission, Karachi, 1961-1963.
Deputy director Agency for International Development mission to Bolivia, La Paz, 1963-1965, Central American affairs Department State, Washington, 1965-1968. Director Near East affairs Agency for International Development, 1968-1969. Economic adviser to planning department Government Colombia, Harvard University Development Advisory Service, Bogota, 1969-1971.
Associate director Harvard University Development Advisory Service, Harvard Institute for International Development, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1974-1980. Executive vice president and treasurer Warner-Eddison Associates, Inc., 1980-1984. Associate director Center Asian Development Studies, Boston University, 1984-1985.
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Membership
Selectman Town of Lexington, Massachusetts, since 1984, Chairman of the Board of selectman, 1986-1988, 90. Captain Civil Engineering, Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Member American Civil Liberties Union, American Economics Association, Alpha Delta Phi.
Connections
Married Elizabeth Owsley Bole, February 10, 1951. Children: Jonathan B., Elizabeth O., Martha C.
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Episcopalian
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1938
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1942
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1948
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1955
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1947 - 1948
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1949 - 1951
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1955 - 1956
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1956 - 1957
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1958 - 1961
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1961 - 1963
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1963 - 1965
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1965 - 1968
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1968 - 1969
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1969 - 1971
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1974 - 1980
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1974 - 1980
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1980 - 1984
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1984 - 1985
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