Background
Brown, William Adams was born on November 14, 1894 in New York, New York, United States. Son of William Adams and Helen Gilman (Noyes) Brown.
Brown, William Adams was born on November 14, 1894 in New York, New York, United States. Son of William Adams and Helen Gilman (Noyes) Brown.
Student Hill School, Pottstown, Pennsylvania, 1908-1912. Bachelor of Arts, Yale University, 1913-1917. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1927, Doctor of Philosophy, 1929.
Bank clerk Brown Brothers & Company, 1919-1926. Cutting traveling fellowship, Columbia University, 1927-1928. Assistant professor economics, Brown University, 1928-1936, associate professor, 1936-1940, professor political economy, 1940-1943.
Senior staff, Brookings Institution, since 1946.
Collaborator Economics, Financial and Transit Department, League of Nations, 1941, 42. Economics Studies Division, Department of State, 1943-1944, Central Secretariat 1944-1946.
Member of staff Commision on Foreign Economics Policy, 1954. V. chairman, department church and economics life National Council of Churches.
Member of staff Commision on Foreign Economics Policy, 1954. Member Foreign Policy Association (chairman Rhode Island branch, 1935-1940). Democratic; Clubs: Century Association (New York).
Married Edith Dunbar Gilman, September 4, 1921. Children: Edith Dunbar, Evelyn Adams.