Background
Lutz, Harley Leist was born on July 30, 1882 in near Chillicothe, Ohio, United States. Son of Ira and Minnie (Leist) Lutz.
Lutz, Harley Leist was born on July 30, 1882 in near Chillicothe, Ohio, United States. Son of Ira and Minnie (Leist) Lutz.
Bachelor of Arts, Oberlin College, 1907, Doctor of Laws, 1932. Master of Arts, Harvard, 1908, Doctor of Philosophy, 1914.
With Oberlin College, 1909-1923, professor economics, 1909-1923. Head of department, 1914-1923. Professor economics, Stanford, 1923-1928.
Professor of public finance, Princeton, 1928-1947.
Economic adviser Joint Taxation Committee 83d Ohio General Assembly, 1919. Special adviser Washington Tax Investigating Committee, 1922.
Member communications of Financial Advisers to Chile, 1925, to Poland, 1926. Adviser Tax Investigation communications of Utah, 1929.
Director New Jersey Tax Survey Commission, 1930-1931.
Director New York Temporary Economy Commission, 1942-1943. Chief economist for The Tax Foundation, 1944. Chief of staff, commission on Postwar Tax Policy, 1944-1947.
Consultant economist, National Association of Manufacturers, 1947.
Member National Tax Association (president 1927-1928), American Economics Association, Academia de Scienca Economica (Chile). Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Rachel A. Young, December 31, 1909. Children: Robert Gordon, Martha Jane, Barbara.