Background
Stevens, William Harrison Spring was born on April 15, 1885 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Wallace D. and Marcia E. (Spring) Stevens.
Stevens, William Harrison Spring was born on April 15, 1885 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Wallace D. and Marcia E. (Spring) Stevens.
Bachelor of Arts, Colby College, 1906. A.M., George Washington University, 1909. Studied University of Chicago, Cornell University, University of Pennsylvania, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania, 1912, Doctor Society Science (honorary), Colby College, 1947.
Assistant in economics, University of Pennsylvania, 1911-1912. Instructor same, Columbia, 1912-1915. Professor business organization and management, Tulane University College Commerce and Business Adminstration, 1915-1916.
Temporary examiner Federal Trade Commission, summer 1916, special expert same, 1916-1917, assistant chief economist same, 1918-1936. Assistant director Bureau Transport Economics and Statistics, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1936-1944, director, 1944-1955. Consultant Office of Production Management, 1941.
Directed Federal Trade Commission inquiries into cotton, grain, bread, stock dividends, chain stores, textiles, milk and agricultural income. Professor business finance and organization, American U., 1921-1923. Lecturer in marketing and finance, Graduate School same university, 1928-1932, Adjunct Professor, 1932-1944.
Lecturer on corporation finance, U. Maryland, 1921-1927, professor marketing and finance, 1924-1925. Extension lecturer in marketing and corporation finance, Johns Hopkins, 1925-1932 and 1939-1945. Member N.R.A. Policy Committee, 1934.
Member Central Statistical Board 1933-1936.
Member American Economics Association, American Marketing Association, American Statistical Association, American Finance Association, Delta Upsilon. Clubs: University, National Press.
Married Mary Elizabeth Laird, June 16, 1923 (died 1940). Married second, Rachel I. Bretherton, 1944.