Background
Whitney, Simon Newcomb was born on April 5, 1903 in New York City. Son of Edward Baldwin and Josepha (Newcomb) Whitney.
Whitney, Simon Newcomb was born on April 5, 1903 in New York City. Son of Edward Baldwin and Josepha (Newcomb) Whitney.
Graduate Taft School, 1919. Student Deep Springs (California) Junior College, 1919-1921. Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1924, Doctor of Philosophy, 1931.
German-American exchange student Bonn U., 1925-1926.
Instructor economics Yale, 1926-1928. Economist antitrust division Department Justice, 1928-1929. Assistant to economist Chase National Bank of New York, 1931-1934.
Senior economist research and planning division National Recovery Administration, 1934-1936. Staff division research and statistics, Board of Governors Federal Reserve System, 1936. Associate Lionel D. Edie & Company, investment counsellors, New York City, 1936-1940.
Economist O’Ryan Financial Commission to Japan, 1940. Principal economist Office Export Control and Board Economics Warfare, 1941-1942. President Telluride Association, endowed educational foundation, Ithaca, New York, 1930-1931, dean, 1942-1948, director Deep Springs (California) Junior College, 1942-1948.
Consultant ECA, 1948. Associate professor economics College Arts and Science, New York University, 1948-1949, professor, 1949-1954, lecturer, 1954-1955. Vice president Econometric Institute, 1949.
Associate economist Twentieth Century Fund, New York City, 1949-1954, director research, 1954-1955. Director Bureau Economics, Federal Trade Commission, 1956-1961. Professor economics Rutgers University, 1961-1967, New York University, 1967-1971.
Adjunct Professor economics Baruch College, City Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, 1971-1972, visiting professor, 1972-1973. Adjunct Professor economics Iona College, 1971-1972, visiting professor, 1973.
Member Royal Economics Society, American Economics Association Beta Kappa.
Married Eunice Gilbert McIntosh, August 23, 1941. Children: Eunice Elizabeth, Simon Newcomb, Roger Sherman, Walter McIntosh.