Background
Diamond, William was born on December 20, 1917 in Baltimore. Son of Isidor and Yetta (Mirtenbaum) Diamond.
Diamond, William was born on December 20, 1917 in Baltimore. Son of Isidor and Yetta (Mirtenbaum) Diamond.
AB, Johns Hopkins University, 1937. Doctor of Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University, 1942.
Loan officer, World Bank, 1947-1955;
division chief, World Bank, 1958-1959;
member of staff, Economics Development Institute, 1955-1958;
adviser, Industrial Credit and Invesment Corporation India, Bombay, 1959-1960;
assistant director department operations Western Hemisphere, 1960-1962;
director development finance companies department, International Finance Corporation, 1962-1968;
director development finance companies department, World Bank, 1968-1972;
director South Asia department, World Bank, 1972-1975;
advisor to vice president finance, World Bank, 1975-1977;
senior fellow, Economics Development Institute, 1977-1978. Consultant in field; board directors DFC Ltd., London, DFC SA, Paris. Advisor FRIDA, Amsterdam, since 1989.
Consultant BPI, Porto, since 1990.
Married Lois Wilhelm, October 28, l946 (deceased 2004).