Background
Gamble, Philip Lyle was born on September 25, 1905 in Amesbury, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Fred Keightley and Sarah Olive (Lord) Gamble.
Gamble, Philip Lyle was born on September 25, 1905 in Amesbury, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Fred Keightley and Sarah Olive (Lord) Gamble.
Bachelor of Science cum laude, Wesleyan University, 1928. A.M. (Rich fellow in economics), 1929. Doctor of Philosophy (New York State Tax Commission fellow), Cornell University, 1935.
Instructor in economics, Cornell Univercity, 1929-1932; instructor in economics, Wesleyan University, 1932-1935; visiting instructor economics, Mount Holyoke College, 1934-1936; assistant professor economics, Massachusetts State College, 1935-1942; associate professor, Tulane University, summer 1939; visiting professor, Amherst College, 1942; visiting professor, Clark University, 1960, 61; professor, head department economics, government, U. Massachusetts, 1942-1950; acting department chairman business administration, U. Massachusetts, 1947; acting dean school business administration, U. Massachusetts, 1947-1952; professor economics, U. Massachusetts, 1942-1971; head Department, University Massachusetts, 1942-1964; Theodore Roosevelt professor economics, Naval War College, 1968-1970, 71-74; professor, Sweetbriar College, 1977. Fulbright lecturer Tunghai U. China, 1964, 65.
Public panel member War Labor Board, 1943-1944. Member consumers council Attorney-General' General’ s Office. Member Consumers Union (member of national educational advisory council), American Arbitration Association, American Association of University Professors, Pioneer Valley Association (president 1962-1964), American Economics Association, Tax Research Foundation, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Chi.
Married Elisabeth Davis Scales, August 7, 1939. Children– Ruth Scales, Philip Lyle, Richard Andrew.