Miles Menander Dawson

Background

Dawson, Miles Menander was born on May 13, 1863 in Viroqua, Wisconsin, United States. Son of John and Martha (Ady) Dawson.

Education

Public schools and Kentucky (now Transylvania) U., to close of junior year. Bachelor of Laws, New York University. Doctor of Laws, Transylvania.

Career

Genl. practice as consultant actuary. Actuary of Armstrong investigating committee, New York, 1905-1906, of Royal Commision on Life Insurance of Canada, 1906, of Wisconsin Legislative committee, 1906. Adviser War Risk Bureau, 1917, 21, also New York governor and commission re workmen’s compensation, 1914.

Special counsel United States in tax litigation, 1915, 17. Special attorney exmr. United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, 1918-1919.

Counsel and actuary commission to investigate New York State insurance fund, 1919.

Works

• Other Work

  • Author: Elements of Life Insurance, 1892, 1902, 11. The Effect of Free Surrender and Loan Privileges in Life Insurance, 1894. Assessment Life Insurance, 1895.
    
    Principles of Insurance Legislation, 1896. Practical Lessons in Actuarial Science, 1897, 1905. The Function of Insurance in Modern Society, 1898.
    
    Various Derived Tables, American Experience, 1900, 05, 15. Things Agents Should Know, 1900. Development of Insurance Mathematics, 1901.
    
    Poems of the New Time, 1902. The Business of Life Insurance, 1905. Comparative Reserve Tables, 1907, 15.
    
    Workingmen’s Insurance in Europe (with Doctor L. K. Frankel), 1910. Survivorship, Annuity Tables, 1910, 15. Ethics of Confucius, 1915.
    
    Ethics of Socrates, 1924. Ethical Religion of Zoroaster, 1931. Wisdom of Confucius, 1931.
    
    Translator: Elsie, a novel (from Norwegian of Alexander Kjelland), 1892. Brand, a poetical tragedy by Henrik Ibsen, 1916.

Membership

Member Swiss Society of Actuaries.

Connections

Married Grace Luenette Burnette.

Father:

John Dawson

Mother:

Martha (Ady) Dawson

Spouse:

Grace Luenette Burnette.