Rexford Guy Tugwell

Background

Tugwell, Rexford Guy was born on July 10, 1891 in Sinclairville, New York, United States. Son of Charles Henry and Dessie (Rexford) Tugwell.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Economics, Wharton School Finance and Commerce, University of Pennsylvania, 1915, Master of Arts, 1916, Doctor of Philosophy, 1922. The Doctor of Letters, University New Mexico, 1933. Doctor of Laws, University Prize ring (The) 1953, University of Pennsylvania, 1971.

Career

; children—Tanis, Marcia. Married second, Grace Falke 1938. Children—Tyler, Franklin.

Instructor economics University of Pennsylvania, 1915-1917.

Assistant professor economics U. Washington, 1917-1918. Manager American University Union, Europe, 1918.

Instructor economics Columbia, 1920-1922, assistant professor, 1922-1926, associate professor, 1926-1931, professor 1931-1937. Assistant secretary United States Department of Agriculture, 1933, under secretary agriculture, 1934-1936.

Administrator United States Resettlement Administration, 1936-1938.

Appointed chairman and head planning department New York City Planning Commander, 1938. Chancellor U. Prize ring (The), 1941, development consultant, 1961-1964. Appointment governor Prize ring (The), 1941.

Member Caribbean Commission 1942-1947.

Director University of Chicago Institute Planning, 1946-1952, professor political science, 1946-1957, professor emeritus, 1957. Visiting professor political science London School Economics, 1949-1950.

Hillman lecturer Howard University, 1959. Consultant Center for Study Democratic Institutions, 1964-1965, senior fellow political science, 1966-1978.

Research professor political science University of Southern Illinois, Carbondale, 1965-1966.

Professor summer session Columbia, 1962-1963.

Achievements

• Rexford Guy Tugwell has been listed as a notable author, political scientist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• Other Work

  • Author: The Economic Basis of Public Interest, 1922. The Trend of Economics (with various economists, also editor), 1924. American Economic Life (with Thomas Munro, R.E. Stryker), 1925, Industry’s Coming of Age, 1927.Soviet Russia in the Second Decade (with various economists, also editor), 1928. The Industrial Discipline, 1933. Battle for Democracy, 1935.Redirecting Education (with others), 1934-1935. Puerto Rican Public Papers, 1945. The Stricken Land, 1946.The Place of Planning in Society, 1954. A Chronicle of Jeopardy, 1955. The Democratic Roosevelt, 1957.The Art of Politics, 1958. Early American Policy-Six Columbia Contributions, 1960. The Enlargement of the Presidency, 1960.The Light of Other Days, 1962. How They Became President: Thirty Five Ways to the White House, 1965. F.D.R.: Architect of an Era, 1967.Grover Cleveland, A Biography, 1968. The Brains Trust, 1968 (Bancroft award 1969). Off Course, 1970

  • In Search of Roosevelt, 1972.The Emerging Constitution, 1975. Tugwell’s Thoughts on Planning, 1975. The Compromising of the Constitution, 1976.Roosevelt’s Revolution, 1976. Editor, contributor: The Presidency Reappraised, 1974.

Membership

Member American Political Science Association, International Institute Planners, Delta Upsilon. Club: Cosmos (Washington).

Connections

Married Florence East. Arnold, June 7, 1914 (divorced 1938). Married second, Grace Falke 1938. Children: Tanis, Marcia.

Father:

Charles Henry Tugwell

Mother:

Dessie (Rexford) Tugwell

Spouse:

Florence East. Arnold

Spouse:

Grace Falke 1938

child:

Marcia Tugwell

child:

Tanis Tugwell