Background
Dewey, Davis Rich was born on April 7, 1858 in Burlington, Vermont, United States. Son of Archibald S. and Lucina A. (Rich) Dewey.
Dewey, Davis Rich was born on April 7, 1858 in Burlington, Vermont, United States. Son of Archibald S. and Lucina A. (Rich) Dewey.
Brother of John Doctorate.; Bachelor of Arts, University of Vermont, 1879. Doctor of Philisophy, Johns Hopkins, 1886. Doctor of Laws, University of Vermont, 1910.
He later became professor of economics and statistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dewey became managing editor of the American Economic Review in 1911. He wrote:
Syllabus on Political History since 1815 (1887)
Financial History of the United States. (1902.
Fourth edition, 1912)
Employees and Wages: Special Report on the Twelfth Census (1903)
National Problems (1907)
The primary library for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Economics, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Political Science is named after Dewey.
Member commission on relations between employer and employe, 1904. Member American Statistical Association (secretary 1886-1906), American Economics Association (president 1909), et cetera Trustee Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1909-1939.
Managing editor American Economic Review, 1911-1940.
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member International Statistical Institute.
Member emergency boards in disputes of railroad employees where strikes were threatened, 1928-1933. Member 3 boards of arbitration set up by United States Board of Mediation, 1931-1933.
Married Mary C. Hopkins, June 29, 1886. Children: Bradley, Dorothy (Mistress A. Barr Comstock).