Solomon Fabricant

Background

Fabricant, Solomon was born on August 15, 1906 in Brooklyn. Son of Samuel and Sarah (Plotkin) Fabricant.

Education

British Computer Society, New York University, 1926. Bachelor of Science, City College of New York, 1929. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1930.

Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1938.

Career

Public accountant,, 1925-1929; member research staff, National Bureau Economics Research, 1930-1953, 65-72; director research, National Bureau Economics Research, 1953-1965; research associate emeritus, National Bureau Economics Research, 1972-1989; acing director requirements coordination division, European Regional Office United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, 1944-1945; lecturer economics, New York University, New York City, 1946-1947; associate professor, New York University, New York City, 1947-1948; professor, New York University, New York City, 1948-1973; professor emeritus, lecturer, New York University, New York City, 1973-1989. Visiting professor economics Columbia University, 1952. Consultant United States Bureau Census, 1945-1950,Bureau Budget, 1946-1952, NSRB, 1948-1949, New York State Tax Commission, 1951-1952,General Accounting Office, 1970-1971, National Committee on Productivity, 1974-1978, United States Treasury Department, 1976-1977, Cost Accounting Standards Board, 1978.

Member economics forum National Industrial Conference Board, 1946-1972. Member research advisory board Committee Economics Development. Director director non-military division program bureau War Production Board, 1942-1944.

Member President's Task Force on Science Policy, 1969-1970, President's Commision on Federal Statistics, 1970-1971.

Achievements

• Solomon Fabricant has been listed as a noteworthy Economics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Employment in manufacturing, 1899-1939 : an analysis of its relation to the volume of production

    (THIS study of trends in employment, and their relation to...)

  • The Output of Manufacturing Industries, 1899-1937 (Publications of the National Bureau of Economic Research. no. 39.)
  • The trend of government activity in the United States since 1900
  • Capital Consumption and Adjustment (Publications of the National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.,, Number 35)
  • The output of manufacturing industries, 1899-1937 (National Bureau of Economic Research publications in reprint)

Membership

Fellow American Statistical Association. Member American Economics Association (Executive Committee), Joint Council Economics Education (trustee), American Finance Association, American Philosophical Society, Royal Economics Society, Econometric Society, Economics History Association (trustee), International Association Research Income and Wealth (county), American Academy Arts and Sciences.

Connections

Married Bessie Blacksin, February 7, 1934 (deceased September 1989). Children: Ruth Fabricant Lowell, Peter, Sarah.

Father:

Samuel Fabricant

Mother:

Sarah (Plotkin) Fabricant

Spouse:

Bessie Blacksin

child:

Ruth Fabricant Lowell Fabricant

child:

Peter Fabricant

child:

Sarah Fabricant