John Harmon Nixon

Background

Nixon, John Harmon was born on April 7, 1915 in Minneapolis. Son of Justin Wroe and Ida Elisabeth (Wickenden) Nixon.

Education

AB, Swarthmore College, 1935. AM, Harvard University, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1953.

Career

Analyst, United States R.R. Retirement Board, Washington, 1938-1941; economist, United States Office of Price Administration, Washington, 1941-1946; teaching fellow, senior tutor, Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1947-1950; assistant professor economics, City College of New York, 1953-1956; director economics development, New York State Department Commerce, Albany, 1956-1959; director area development, Committee for Economics Development, New York City, 1959-1965; director technical assistance, United States Economics Development Administration, Washington, 1966-1967; urban economist, United States Agency for International Development, Saigon, Vietnam, 1967; economist, Ralph M. Parsons Company, Washington, 1968-1970; chief economist/systems, Ralph M. Parsons Company, Pasadena, California, 1971-1982. Member of advisory board United States Area Development Administration, Washington, 1963-1965.

Achievements

• John Harmon Nixon has been listed as a noteworthy economist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Community Economic Development Efforts
  • Community economic development efforts, five case studies by John H. Nixon and others

Membership

Director Finger Lakes Times, 1958-1988. Council for urban economic evel., 1967-1987. Vice chairman Mayor's Committee on Economic Development, Los Angeles, 1974-1975.

President Pasadena Development Corporation, 1982-1984. Member Plato Society University of California at Los Angeles, Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Father:

Justin Wroe Nixon

Mother:

Ida Elisabeth (Wickenden) Nixon