Background
Bissell, Richard Mervin was born on September 18, 1909 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Richard Mervin and Marie (Truesdale) Bissell.
Bissell, Richard Mervin was born on September 18, 1909 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Richard Mervin and Marie (Truesdale) Bissell.
Student, Kingswood School, 1916-1922; student, Groton School, 1922-1928; student, London School Economics, 1932-1933; AB, YaleU., 1932; Doctor of Philosophy, YaleU., 1939; Master of Arts (honorary), YaleU., 1949.
Research assistant, Yale University, New Haven, 1934; instructor economics, Yale University, New Haven, 1935-1939; assistant professor, Yale University, New Haven, 1939-1942; member of staff, Bureau Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Department Commerce, Washington, 1941-1942; economist, Combined Shipping Adjustment Board assistant to deputy administrator, War Shipping Administration, Washington, 1942-1943; United States Executive officer, Combined Shipping Adjustment Board, 1942-1945; director ship requirements, Combined Shipping Adjustment Board, 1943-1945; economics adviser to director, War Mobilization and Reconversion, Washington, 1945-1946; deputy director, War Mobilization and Reconversion, Washington, 1946; associate professor economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, 1942-1948; professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, 1948-1952; executive secretary, President's Committee Foreign Aid (Harriman Committee), Washington, 1947-1948; assistant administrator program Economics Cooperation Administrn., Washington, 1948-1951; acting administrator, 1951; member of staff, Ford Foundation, 1952-1954; special assistant to director, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, 1954-1959; deputy director plans, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, 1959-1962; president, Institute for Defense Analyses, Washington, 1962-1964; director marketing and economics planning, United Aircraft Corporation, East Hartford, Connecticut, 1964-1974; business consultant, Farmington, Connecticut, 1974-1994. Consultant to director Mutual Security, 1952. Consultant various intervals Connecticut Public.Utilities Commission, Fortune Magazine, Social Science Research Council, Cosmopolitan Shipping Company, United States Steel Corporation, Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Brightwater Paper Company, Asiatic Petroleum Company.
Member American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Economics Association, Econometric Association, Council on Foreign Relations, Washington Institute Foreign Affairs, Connecticut Academy Arts and Sciences.
Married Ann Cornelia Bushnell, July 6, 1940. Children: Richard Mervin, Ann Harriet, Winthrop Bushnell, William George, Thomas Ericsson.