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economist

Walter W. Stewart, American economist. Decorated Officer Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur’Honeur (France).

Background

Stewart, Walter W. was born on May 24, 1885 in Manhattan, Kansas, United States. Son of Albert Alexander and Ella (Winne) Stewart.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, University of Missouri 1909, Doctor of Laws, 1932, Dartmouth College, 1933, Amherst College, 1944, Columbia, 1951. Doctor of Letters, Princeton, 1951.

Career

Economics, University of Missouri, 1910-1911, University of Michigan, 1911-1912. Assistant professor. economics, University of Missouri, 1913-1915. Professor economics, Amherst College, 1916-1922.

Member price section War Industries Board, 1918. Director Division of Research and Statistics, Federal Reserve Board, 1922-1925. Vice president Case, Pomeroy & Company, investment securities, 1926-1927, Chairman of the Board, 1930-1937, president, 1937-1938.

Professor School of Economics and Politics, Institute for Advanced Study, 1938-1950, emeritus. Economics adviser to Bank of England, 1928-1930. Appointed November 1931, American member special advising committee, Bank of International Settlements, to investigate ability of Germany to resume reparations payments under the Young Plan.

Member President’s Council Economics Advisers, 1953-1955. Trustee Rockefeller Foundation, 1931-1950 (Chairman of the Board 1940-1950), General Education Board, 1933-1950 (Chairman of the Board 1942-1950), Institute for Advanced Study, 1933-1941, Bennington College, 1932-1938.

Membership

Member price section War Industries Board, 1918. Member special advising committee, Bank of International Settlements, to investigate ability of Germany to resume reparations payments under the Young Plan. Member President’s Council Economics Advisers, 1953-1955.

Trustee Rockefeller Foundation, 1931-1950 (Chairman of the Board 1940-1950), General Education Board, 1933-1950 (Chairman of the Board 1942-1950), Institute for Advanced Study, 1933-1941, Bennington College, 1932-1938. Member American Philosophical Society, American Economic Association Beta Kappa. Club: Political Economy (honorary foreign.

Member, London).

Connections

Married Helen Wynkoop, July 1912. Children: Albert W., Helen A., Walter A. Instructor.

Father:
Albert Alexander Stewart

Mother:
Ella (Winne) Stewart

Spouse:
Helen Wynkoop

child:
Helen A. Stewart

child:
Walter A. Instr Stewart

child:
Albert W. Stewart