Background
Garceau, Oliver was born on November 22, 1911 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Doctor Edgar and Sally Holmes (Morse) Garceau.
Garceau, Oliver was born on November 22, 1911 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Doctor Edgar and Sally Holmes (Morse) Garceau.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1933; Master of Business Administration, Harvard, 1935; A.M., Harvard, 1939; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard, 1940; student, Oxford (England) University, 1933; student, University Chicago, 1943-1944.
Instructor, assistant professor Harvard, 1935-1941, 45-46. Associate professor University Maine, 1946-1947. Staff associate Social Science Research Council, 1947-1948.
Professor government Bennington (Vermont) College, 1948-1959. Research professor government Harvard, 1959-1960, research consultant political economy and political behavior, 1960-1987. Executive associate, consultant Ford Foundation, 1955-1958.
Executive board Inter-university Case Program, 1952-1958.
("based primarily upon eighty-four field reports")
Member Governor's Task Force on State Government Reorganization, 1967-1969. Served to lieutenant Commander United States Naval Reserve, 1941-1945. Fellow Social Science Research Council (member committee on political behavior 1950-1964).
Member American Political Science Association (executive council 1951-1953), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Iris Virginia Thistle, August 18, 1934. 1 son, Laurence.