Background
Cover, John Higson was born on October 29, 1891 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Charles Blair and Carrie Louise (Higson) Cover.
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Business and personal failure and readjustment in Chicago,
(Chicago 1933. Studies in Business Administration, Volume ...)
Chicago 1933. Studies in Business Administration, Volume II Number 4. 8vo., 106pp., foldout maps, wraps. Good, light soiling, lower corner of first few leaves bumped.
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Student, Ohio State University, 1911-1912; Bachelor of Science, Columbia University, 1915; AM, Columbia University, 1919; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1927.
Career
Special attaché, American Embassy, Vienna, Austria, 1915-1916;
with, United States Food Administration, Washington, 1917-1918;
instructor, Columbia University, New York City, 1921-1923;
professor, Colorado College, 1923-1924;
professor, director Bureau Business and Social Research, U. Denver, 1924-1927;
professor, director Bureau Business Research, U. Pittsburgh, 1927-1930;
professor, University of Chicago, 1928-1940;
on leave of absence, with, Committee on Government Statistics and Information Service, Washington, 1933;
on leave of absence, with, unites states department Commerce, 1939;
consultant economist, 1940-1941;
economist, Executive officer, Lend-Lease Administration, Department State, United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, Foreign Economics Administration, Department Commerce, 1942-1946;
director, Bureau Business and Economics Research, U. Maryland., 1946-1961;
United Nations economics planning expert to goverments of, Syria, 1962-1963;
United Nations economics planning expert to goverments of, Barbados, 1964-1965. Head business administration department Army University Center, Biarritz, France, 1945-1946. Visiting lecturer U. Rotterdam, 1945.
Fulbright lecturer research and study ofplanning, India, 1952-1953. Director South Asia Project, University of California, 1955-1956. Chairman of the Board Institute on World Organisation.
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Business and personal failure and readjustment in Chicago,
(Chicago 1933. Studies in Business Administration, Volume ...)
- Retail price behavior
- Retail Price Behaviour
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Business and personal failure and readjustment in Chicago,
Membership
Fellow emeritus American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Economic Association, American Statistics Association, Econometric Society, National Association American Composers and Conductors (vice president Washington chapter 1959-1961), National Parks and Conservation Association (secretary 1960-1972, trustee from 1960), Omicron Delta Gamma, Alpha Kappa Psi, Delta Upsilon.
Connections
Married Mary Leyman, December 16, 1938. Children from previous marriage: Evlyn June, John Higson.
