Background
Mills, Frederick Cecil was born on March 24, 1892 in Santa Rosa, California, United States. Son of Robert Alexander and Lily (Nightingale) Mills.
Mills, Frederick Cecil was born on March 24, 1892 in Santa Rosa, California, United States. Son of Robert Alexander and Lily (Nightingale) Mills.
B.L., University of California, 1914, Master of Arts, 1916, Doctor of Laws, 1947. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia, 1917, Doctor of Laws, 1961. Postgraduate London School Economics, 1919.
Special agent United States Commision on Industrial Relations, in study of migratory labor in California, 1914-1915. Faculty Columbia, 1919-1964, Columbia professor statistics, 1928, professor economics and statistics, 1931-1953, also department chairman economics, 1943-1946. Hepburn professor economics, 1953-1959, emeritus, 1959-1964.
Member research staff National Bureau Economics. Served with American Expeditionary Forces, 1917-1919. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Statistical Association (president 1934).
Member American Economics Association (president 1940), Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Gamma Sigma fraternities. Clubs: Faculty, Century (New York.
Married Dorothy Clarke, August 20, 1919. Children: William Harold, Helen Katherine, Robert Laurence.
