Background
Buchanan, Norman Sharpe was born on August 31, 1905 in Goderich Ontario, Canada. Son of Walter Alexander and Mabel (McKenzie) Buchanan.
Buchanan, Norman Sharpe was born on August 31, 1905 in Goderich Ontario, Canada. Son of Walter Alexander and Mabel (McKenzie) Buchanan.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Toronto, 1927. Master of Arts, Cornell Univercity, 1929, Doctor of Philosophy, 1931.
Came to the United States, 1927, naturalized 1938. Instructor economics Cornell Univercity, 1927-1930. Assistant professor economics Colgate University, 1930-1936.
Assistant professor economics University of California, 1936-1939, associate professor 1939-1945, professor, 1945-1947, 50-55, associate director for the Social Sciences, Rockefeller 1947-1950, director since 1955.
Visiting associate professor economics Columbia, 1943-1944. Travelling European fellowship Social Science Research Council, 1939-1940.
Fellow Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, 1945-1946. Member of American Philosophical Society, Royal Economics Society, American Economics Association Delta Theta, Beta Gamma Sigma.
Married Marjory Chadwick, 1948. Children (by previous marriage): Sheila Jane, Leigh.