Background
Leland, Simeon Elbridge was born on September 2, 1897 in Madison, Indiana, United States. Son of Simeon Elbridge and Elizabeth Wood (Stanley) Leland.
Leland, Simeon Elbridge was born on September 2, 1897 in Madison, Indiana, United States. Son of Simeon Elbridge and Elizabeth Wood (Stanley) Leland.
AB, DePauw University, 1918. Doctor of Laws, DePauw University, 1947. AM, University Kentucky, 1919.
Postgraduate, Harvard University, 1920.
Assistant professor economics, U. Kentucky, 1920-1924;
associate professor, U. Kentucky, 1924-1926;
professor, U. Kentucky, 1926-1928;
director, Bureau Business Research, 1927-1928;
associate professor economics, University of Chicago, 1928-1931;
professor economics, University of Chicago, 1931-1938;
professor government finance, University of Chicago, 1938-1946;
acting chairman Department Economics, University of Chicago, 1939-1940;
chairman Department Economics, University of Chicago, 1940-1946;
professor economics, dean College Arts and Sciences, Northwestern University, from 1946. Member Illinois Tax Commission, 1933-1940, chairman, 1936-1940. Director Federal Reserve Bank Chicago, 1941-1947, chairman of board, 1942-1946.
Special adviser to the United States Secretary of Treasury, 1934. Consultant National Resources Planning Board, 1935-1936, Tennessee Valley Authority, 1939, bureau of Budget, 1940-1948. Chairman Illinois Public Aid Commission, 1952-1953.
Chairman Illinois Revenue Commission, 1961. Member United Nations Economics Mission to Chile, 1950. Chairman Technology Committee of Citizens Committee (Strawn Committee), Chicago, 1930, Illinois Government Reorganization Committee, 1941-1943.
Fiscal advisor to Panama, 1946.
Chairman commission on colleges universities N. Center Association, 1959-1960. Member American Economics Association (Vice-President 1948), National Tax Association (president 1937-1938), Federation Tax Adminstrs. (Chairman, Board Of Directors 1937-1940), Royal Economics Society, TavernClub, Economics Club, Wayfarers Club, Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Upsilon.
Married Carolyn Victoria Hargan, September 2, 1921. Children: Carolyn Victoria, Elizabeth Stanley, Frances Elbridge.