Background
Parker, William Nelson was born on June 14, 1919 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Son of Murray Nelson and Evalyn Mae (Gares) Parker.
Parker, William Nelson was born on June 14, 1919 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Son of Murray Nelson and Evalyn Mae (Gares) Parker.
Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude, Harvard, 1939; Master of Arts, Harvard, 1941; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard, 1951; Master of Arts, Yale, 1962.
Economist atomic energy committee, United States Senate, 1946;
Economist atomic energy committee, Department State, 1947-1948;
consultant, President's Materials Policy Commission, 1951;
assistant professor economics, Williams College, 1951-1956;
associate professor, then professor economics, U. North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1956-1962;
professor economics, Yale, 1962-1989, emeritus, since 1989;
director graduate studies in economics, Yale, 1968-1972, 74-78. Delaware to American Council Learned Socs., 1975-1978. Chairman Council on West European Studies, 1985-1989.
Director Mellon West European Project, 1987-1992.
Served to major Army of the United States, 1941-1945. Member American Philosophical Society, Economics History Association (president 1969-1970, Hughes prize for excellence in teaching 1995), Agricultural History Association (president 1979-1980), American Economics Association (representative advising committee United States Archives 1978-1981), American Academy Arts and Sciences.
Married Josephine Yvonne Forbus, September 20, 1948. Children: Yvonne Victoria, Jarrett Nelson.