Background
Newcomer, Mabel was born on July 2, 1891 in Oregon, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Alphonso Gerald and Carrie Mabel (Jackson) Newcomer.
Newcomer, Mabel was born on July 2, 1891 in Oregon, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Alphonso Gerald and Carrie Mabel (Jackson) Newcomer.
AB, Stanford University, 1913. AM, Stanford University, 1914. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1917.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Smith College, New Jersey College for Women, Wellesley College, Wheaton College. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Russell Sage College. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Pennsylvania, 1957.
With, Vassar College, from 1917;
instructor economics, Vassar College, 1917-1918;
assistant professor, Vassar College, 1918-1920;
associate professor, Vassar College, 1920-1926;
professor, Vassar College, 1926-1957;
professor emeritus, Vassar College, from 1957;
department chairman economics, Vassar College, 1932-1950. Special investigator New York State Joint Committee on Taxation and Retrenchment,1921-1922, 23-24, 25-26, New York Commision on Revision Tax Law, 1931-1932, New York State Commision on State Aid, 1935-1938. Economist Ednl. Finance Inquiry, 1922-1923, California Tax Commission, 1928-1929, tax consultant Advisory Committee on Education 1937, New York State Joint Committee on Fiscal Policies, 1937, United States Treasury, 1941-1942.
Visiting professor economics Columbia University, 1943-1944. Official American delegate to United Nations Conference, Bretton Woods, N.H., July, 1944. Member Governor's Commision on Rural Homes, State of New York, 1932, Governor's Tax Advisory Committee, 1943.
Chief consultant taxation and revenue Office Military Government United States in Berlin, 1946-1947. Member E.C.A. technical assistance mission on German refugees, 1950.
Trustee Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association College Retirement Equities Fund. Member American Economics Association, National Tax Association, Tax Institute.