Background
Jacobson, Morris Lazarev was born on July 5, 1868 in Riga, Russia. Son of Lazar B. and Ida (Cohn) Jacobson.
Jacobson, Morris Lazarev was born on July 5, 1868 in Riga, Russia. Son of Lazar B. and Ida (Cohn) Jacobson.
Graduate German Classical Gymnasium, Riga, 1885, University of Moscow, 1885-1889 (jurisprudence). Came to America, 1890. Student School Political Science, Columbia, 1892-1895.
1 daughter, H. Jane. Librarian and expert in foreign statistics in the United States bureau of Statistics, 1899-1907. Expert in internal commerce, 1907-1912. Associate statistician, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1912-1914.
Statistician of Federal Reserve Board, 1914-1924.
Consulting expert, United States Senate Commission, of Gold and Silver Inquiry, 1924-1925. Chief statistician National Research Project, Works Progress Administration, since 1936.
Member Commercial Commission to France, July-September 1908.
Married Cora R. Langworthy, of Los Angeles, California, November 4, 1907.