John Walter Harriman

Background

Harriman, John Walter was born on July 8, 1898 in Providence. Son of John W. and Mary (Jones) Harriman.

Education

Bachelor of Philosophy, Brown University, 1920. Master of Business Administration, Harvard, 1925, Doctor of Commercial Science, 1932. Master of Arts, Dartmouth, 1938.

Career

Member faculty Grinnell College, also U. Rochester, 1925-1928. Head research department Russell, Berg & Company, Boston, also instructor bank management Harvard Business School, 1928-1932. Professor finance Dartmouth, 1932-1946.

Professor business administration Syracuse University, 1946-1953, dean Business School, 1950, Graduate School, 1952.

Professor finance New York University Graduate School Business Administration, 1953-1964, professor emeritus, 1964-1972, vice dean, 1953-1972. Research consultant J.R. Williston & Company, 1955-1957.

Economist Union Service Corporation (Tri-Continental Corporation and Union Service Funds), 1958-1968. Director Atlantic Bank New York, Guardian Park Avenue Fund Incorporated.

Consultant Whitney Goadby, Incorporated.

Head priorities specialist Office of Personnel Management and War Production Board, Washington, 1941-1942. Foreign service officer Economic Commission for Africa and Mutual Security Administration, Washington, Paris, London, Belgrade, 1949-1952, deputy chief mission to United Kingdom., 1950-1951. Board managers American Bible Society.

Achievements

• John Walter Harriman has been listed as a noteworthy economist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member faculty Grinnell College, also U. Rochester, 1925-1928. Served from captain to colonel United States Army Air Force, Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces, 1942-1946. Member American Finance Association, American Economics Association, National Association Business Economists, American Association University Professors, New York Society Security Analysts, Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Upsilon, Beta Gamma Sigma.

Clubs: Lawyers, New York University.

Connections

Married Ingeborg Sophie Rathe, October 13, 1945. Children: Mary (Mistress Robert C. Young), Joan (Mistress John C. Watson).

Father:

John West. Harriman

Mother:

Mary (Jones) Harriman

Spouse:

Ingeborg Sophie Rathe

child:

Mary Harriman (Mistress Robert C. Young)

child:

Joan Harriman (Mistress John C. Watson)