Background
Willoughby, William Franklin was born on July 20, 1867 in Alexandria, Virginia, United States. Son of Westel and Jennie R. (Woodbury) Willoughby.
Willoughby, William Franklin was born on July 20, 1867 in Alexandria, Virginia, United States. Son of Westel and Jennie R. (Woodbury) Willoughby.
Brother of Westel Woodbury Willoughby. Bachelor of Arts, Johns Hopkins, 1888.
Expert unites states department Labor, 1890-1901. Special agent of education and social economy, United States Commission to Paris Exposition, 1900. Member of the class, group and superior juries for granting awards.
Received cross Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur’Honeur from French Government. Lecturer in economics, Johns Hopkins and Harvard, 1901. Treasurer of P.R., 1901-1907.
Secretary of P.R. and president executive council of Legislative Assembly, P.R., 1907-1909. Assistant director United States Census, August 1909-April 1911. Member President’s Commision on Economy and Efficiency, April 1911-1912.
Professor jurisprudence and politics, Princeton, 1912-1917. Director Institute for Government Research, 1916-1932. American correspondent for the Musee Social, Paris, 1894-1914.
Constitutional adviser to the Chinese Republc, 1914-1916. Companies political science public administration Library of Congress, 1937-1944.
Author: Workingmen’s Insurance, 1898. Territories and Dependencies of the United States (American State Series), 1905. The System of Financial Administration of Great Britain (with W. W. Willoughby and S. M. Lindsay), 1917.
The Problem of a National Budget, 1918. The Movement for Budgetary Reform in the States, 1918. The Government of Modern States, 1919.
Government Organization in War Time and After, 1919. Reorganization of the Administrative Branch of the National Government, 1923. The National Budget System with Suggestions for Its Improvement, 1927.
The Legal Status and Functions of the General Accounting Office, 1927. Principles of Public Administration, 1927. Principles of Judicial Administration, 1929.
Financial Condition and Operation of the National Government (1921-1930), 1931. Principles of Legislative Organization and Administration, 1934. Contributor to political science publications on economics and political subjects.
Member of the class, group and superior juries for granting awards. Member President’s Commision on Economy and Efficiency, April 1911-1912. Fellow American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Member American Statistical Association, American Political Science Association.
Married Bessie Talbot Appleby June 22 1897. Children: Barbara Woodbury, William Westel.