Background
Briggs was born in Byron, Minnesota to Edward Wellington, a farmer, and Alice (McPeak) Briggs.
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Leland Briggs
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Subsequently he obtained Master of Business Administration at Northwestern University in 1927 with the thesis, entitled "Some Legal Aspects of Goodwill." and his Doctor of Philosophy from Harvard University in 1930-1931.
Career
After primary education in Byron and Rochester, Minnesota, he obtained his Bachelor in 1923 and his Master of Arts in 1924 both at the University of South Dakota. Briggs had started his career as teacher at the public school in 1911. In 1924 he was appointed Professor of commerce at McPherson College in Kansas.
In 1926 had joined the Northwestern University as Noyes scholar.
In 1927 he moved to the University of Vermont, where he served the rest of his academic career. He had started as assistant professor in economics, was promoted associate professor in 1929, and in 1952 to professor of economics.
In 1935 Briggs founded the accounting periodical Accountants Digest. The first issue included digests of "120 articles taken from 48 periodicals published in the United States, Canada, England, Australia, New Zealand and Scotland." He edited and published the periodical until 1973, and then sold it to East. Samuel Germain, Professor of Syracuse University.
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