Background
Carothers, Neil was born on September 19, 1884 in Chattanooga. Son of Neil and Asenath (Wallace) Carothers.
Carothers, Neil was born on September 19, 1884 in Chattanooga. Son of Neil and Asenath (Wallace) Carothers.
Bachelor of Arts, University Arkansas, 1906. Rhodes Scholar, Oxford (England) University, 1904-1907, diploma in economics, 1907. Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton, 1916.
Instructor, later assistant professor economics U. Arkansas, 1907-1914. Assistant professor, preceptor in economics and finance Princeton, 1916-1919. Economics expert Department State, 1919-1920.
Engaged in banking, New York City, 1920-1923. Professor economics, director College Business Administration, Lehigh University, Bethleham, Pennsylvania, 1923-1936, organizer, acting head department industrial engineering, 1925-1927, Macfarlane professor economics, dean College Business Administration, 1936-1949, emeritus, since 1949. Economics adviser Republican vice presidential candidate, 1936.
Economics adviser Republican National Campaign Committee, 1943-1944. Director economics survey of canning industry in the United States, 1939-1941. Director survey of pineapple transportation, 1942.
Special investigations of Hawaiian industries, 1945. Conductor program economics education, General Electric Company, 1948-1949. Chairman Selective Service Appeal Board, 1940-1945.
General economist United Nations Civil Assistance Command, 8th Army, Korea, 1952, also personal adviser to Unified Command, representative Combined Economics Board, Korea, 1952. Vice president Economists’ National Committee on Monetary Policy.
Served as First lieutenant Aviation Section, Signal corpus, United States army, 1917-1918. Member American Economics Association, Newcomen Society England, Pacific Coast Numismatic Society (honorary life), Scabbard and Blade, Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa, Alpha Kappa Psi, Kappa Sigma.
Married Eileen Hamilton, August 11, 1917. Children: Neil III, Hamilton, Stuart.