Background
Young, John Parke was born on October 24, 1895 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of William Stewart and Adele (Nichols) Young.
Young, John Parke was born on October 24, 1895 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of William Stewart and Adele (Nichols) Young.
AB, Occidental College, 1917. Doctor of Laws, Occidental College, 1965. AM, Columbia University, 1919.
AM, Princeton University, 1920. Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1922.
Examiner, Federal Trade Commission, 1917-1918;
fellow in economics and social institutions, Princeton University, 1919-1920;
instructor, Princeton University, 1922-1923;
director, United States Senate Foreign Currency and Exchange Investigation, 1923-1925;
professor economics, sociology, department chairman, Occidental College, 1926-1946;
on leave, Occidental College, 1941-1946. Member of commission finance advisers to Government of China, 1929-1930. President Young & Koenig, Inc., Los Angeles, 1932-1942.
Lecturer University of California at Los Angeles, 1935-1937, Claremont (California) Graduate School, 1967, University of California, Fullerton, 1968-1970. President, board directors Pan-American Investment Fund, Inc., Los Angeles, 1939-1942. Member Board Economics Warfare, 1942-1943.
With unites states department State, 1943-1965, chief Division International Finance, adviser. Economics adviser Government Chile Development Corporation, 1952. Adviser national goverments, Center American, 1964-1965.
Member official delegations international conferences including Dumbarton Oaks, 1944, United Nations Charter, San Francisco, 1945, Bretton Woods, 1945. Member drafting committee International Monetary Fund and International Bank for Reconstruction and Development Articles of Agreement, 1944-1945. Participant biannual dialogues on international monetary issues, 1967-1980.
Member American Economics Association, Academy Political Science, Cosmos Club, Twilight Club., Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Gamma Delta.
Married Florence Hensel, September 7, 1927 (deceased 1949). Children: Douglas (deceased), Richard Parke, Roger Hensel, Catherine Jean. Married Marie Louise Smith, June 24, 1952.