Background
Cherington, Paul Whiton was born on June 16, 1918 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Paul Terry and Marie Louise (Richards) Cherington.
Cherington, Paul Whiton was born on June 16, 1918 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Paul Terry and Marie Louise (Richards) Cherington.
Graduate Phillips Exeter Academy, 1936. Bachelor of Science, Harvard, 1940, Doctorate.B.A., 1956. Graduate student Columbia, 1940-1941.
With Pan American Airways Africa, Limited., British West Africa, 1942. Economics analyst, surplus property sub-committee United States Senate Military Affairs Committee, 1946. Liaison officer Civil Aeronautical.
Board, Washington, 1947-1948, executive assistant to chairman, 1948-1950.
Assistant professor Harvard Business School, 1950-1953, associate professor, 1953-1958, professor, 1958-1963, James J. Hill professor transportation, 1963-1974. Assistant secretary policy and international affairs Department Transportation, 1969-1970.
Director research Aeronautical. Research Foundation, 1956-1958.
Director, consultant United Research, Incorporated., Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1958-1967.
Consultant Harbridge House, Incorporated., Boston, 1966-1969. President Transportation Research Foundation, 1965-1967. Chairman of the Board Temple, Barker & Sloane Incorporated., 1970.
Trustee B. & M.R.R., 1970-1971.
President, chief executive B & M Railroad, 1973-1974.
Member Massachusetts Board Economics Advisers, 1965-1967. Served from Second lieutenant to major, United States Army Air Force, 1943-1945. Member American Economics Association, American Statistical Association, Signet Society.
Clubs: Cosmos, National Aviation (Washington).
Married Rita Mary Van Dusen, January 20, 1945 (divorced). Married second, Dorothea B. Edwards, August 26, 1971. Children: Charlotte Lund, Alexander Whiton, Paul Van Dusen.