Background
Gemmill, Paul Fleming was born on May 30, 1889 in Muddy Creek Forks, York County, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William James and Sue Mary (Jamison) Gemmill.
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Paul Fleming Gemmill
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Preparatory education, York County Academy. Bachelor of Arts, Swarthmore College, 1917. Doctor of Philisophy, University of Pennsylvania, 1925.
Career
Began as cashier McClellan & Gotwalt Company, York, Pennsylvania, 1902. Stenographer York Printing Company, 1905-1908. Assistant secretary Young Men's Christian Association, York, 1908-1909.
Public entertainer (—magician—), 1909-1911, also summers 1911-1917.
With University of Pennsylvania, 1919-1959, successively instructor in industry, 1919-1921. Assistant professor economics, 1922-1928, professor economics, 1928-1959, professor emeritus of economics, from 1959, chairman graduate group in economics, 1938-1954.
Made survey of British National Health Service in England, Scotland and Wales, February to September, 1956. Entertainer in France, under direction of National War Council, 1918.
Private Gas Defense Division of Chemical Warfare Service, August 1918-January 1919.
Achievements
Membership
Member Kappa Sigma, Phi Beta Kappa, (president Swarthmore chapter, 1942-1945). Delta Sigma Rho, Pi Gamma Museum.
Connections
Married Jane Pancoast Brown, March 29,1920. Children: Robert Fleming, Jean McAllister (Mistress John G. H. Halstead).
