Background
Orchard, John Ewing was born on July 19, 1893 in Exeter, Nebraska, United States. Son of William J. and Laura A. (Ewing) Orchard.
Orchard, John Ewing was born on July 19, 1893 in Exeter, Nebraska, United States. Son of William J. and Laura A. (Ewing) Orchard.
Bachelor of Arts, Swarthmore (Pennsylvania) College, 1916. Student of University of Pennsylvania, 1917-1918. Master of Arts, Harvard, 1920, Doctor of Philosophy, 1923.
Student of University of Chicago, summer, 1920.
Instructor English and history, George School Pennsylvania, 1916-1917. Instructor economics geography, School of Business, Columbia, 1920-1924, assistant professor, 1924-1929, associate professor, 1929-1938, professor, 1938-1961, professor emeritus of economic geography, since 1962, acting dean, 1947 and 1953. Assistant mine economics, United States Bureau Mines, 1918-1919.
Industrial economics advisor, Office of Personnel Management, 1941, senior assistant administrator, Office Lend-Lease Administration, 1941-1943.
Director general areas branch, Foreign Economics Administration, 1943-1944. Special assistant to assistant secretary and under secretary of state, 1944-1945.
Senior consultant, Office of Foreign Liquidation Commissioner, 1945-1946. Special adviser to special representative, East.C.A., Paris, 1949-1950.
Consultant East.C.A., 1950-1953.
Member Association American Geographers (honorary president 1959-1960), Council of Foreign Relations, American Council Institute Pacific Relations, Delta Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Gamma Sigma, Cosmos, Washington.
Married Dorothy A. Johnson, December 27, 1920.