Walter Francis Willcox

Background

Willcox, Walter Francis was born on March 22, 1861 in Reading, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Henry and Annie Holmes (Goodenow) Willcox.

Education

Brother of Mary Alice Willcox. Bachelor of Arts, Amherst College, 1884, Master of Arts, 1888. Bachelor of Laws, Columbia, 1877, Doctor of Philosophy, 1891.

Doctor of Laws, Amherst College, 1906.

Career

Professor economics and statistics, Cornell Univercity, 1891-1931, emeritus, 1931. Was dean College Arts and Sciences, 1902-1907, faculty representative on board of trustees, 1916-1920. Statistical expert for War Department upon Censuses of Cuba and Prize ring (The), 1899-1900.

Chief statistician 12th United States, Census, 1899-1901.

Special agent United States Census Bureau, 1902-1931. Member Census Advisory Committee (representing American Economics Association 1921-1928.

Chairman 1928-1931). Member of New York State Board of Health, 1899-1902, and consultant statistician for same, 1907-1920.

Achievements

• Walter Francis Willcox has been listed as a noteworthy university professor, statistician by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Economics Association, from 1892 (secretary 1896-1899. Member American Statistical Association, from 1892 (president 1912. Member International Statis Institute, from 1899 (vice president 1923-1947, president 1947, honorary president, from 1947.

Member, from 1935, United States delegate to its sessions, Berlin, 1903, London, 1905, Paris, 1909, Brussels 1923, Rome, 1925, Warsaw 1929, Tokyo 1930, Madrid 1931, Mexico 1933, London 1934, Athens 1936, Prague 1938, Washington, 1947, New Delhi, India, 1951, Petrolis, Brazil, 1955, Stockholm, 1957), vice chairman executive committee and president section on demography.

International Congress on Hygiene and Demography, Washington, District of Columbia, 1912. Member American Council Learned Societies

(representative American Economics Association 1925. Member Statistical Society of Hungary, Czechoslovak Statistical Society, Mexican Society Geography and Statistics.

Member World Statistical Congress (pes.), Social Science Research Council (pre.

American Statistical Association, 1925-1926). Member Psi Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi. Clubs: Century City (New York).

Connections

Married Alice East. Work, March 30, 1892 (deceased September 18, 1952). Children: Bertram Francis, Mary Goodenow,Work, William Bradford.