Background
Blanchard, Ralph Harrub was born on December 3, 1890 in Plympton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Thomas Williams and Clara (Harrub) Blanchard.
Blanchard, Ralph Harrub was born on December 3, 1890 in Plympton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Thomas Williams and Clara (Harrub) Blanchard.
Bachelor of Arts, Dartmouth, 1911, Master of Arts, 1912. Doctor of Philisophy, University of Pennsylvania, 1916. Unmarried.
Assistant in economics Dartmouth, 1911-1912. Harrison fellow University of Pennsylvania, 1912-1913. Assistant and instructor in insurance Wharton school finance University of Pennsylvania, 1913-1917.
Instructor insurance Columbia, 1917, assistant professor, 1920-1923, associate professor, 1923-1927, professor, 1927-1957, professor emeritus, from 1957.
Educational director Insurance Institute of Hartford, Connecticut, 1917-1918. Consultant Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association, 1926.
Insurance adviser Committee to Study Compensation for Automobile Accidents, 1929-1931. Consultant Social Security Board, 1936-1937, 1942-1955.
Member Advisory Committee on Insurance, United States War Department, 1941-1945.
Member Board Insurance Advisors, Department of Defense, 1950-1953. Consultant Office Secretary of Defense, from 1954. Member administrative board, South.S. Huebner Foundation for Insurance Education, 1941-1955.
Vice-president in charge Insurance Division, American management Association, 1939-1940, director 1940-1943, 1946-1949.
Consultant to the Treasury Department, 1949-1953. Adviser Committee on Fire Insurance Rates, 1939-1940.
Commissioned First lieutenant United States Army, April 23, 1918. Captain, October 23, 1918.
Served as statistical officer cargo section Embarkation Service, 1918-1919.
Chief of shipping section Statistical Branch United States Army, April-June 1919. Special expert United States Shipping Board, 1919.
Member Reunion Internacional de Tecnicos Aseguradores, Spain, 1947. Fellow Casualty Actuarial Society (vice president, 1925-1926, 1935-1936, president, 1942-1943). Member Insurance Forum San Francisco, American Arbitration Association (national panel), American Economic Association, American Risk and Insurance Association (Vice-President 1933-1934, president 1935-1936) Insurance Society New York (director 1929-1931, 1946-1957), Insurance library association, Insurance Underwriters Association of the Pacific (honorary), Insurance Hall of Fame, Alpha Kappa Psi, Phi Kappa Psi, Beta Gamma Sigma.
Clubs: Century (New York City).