Doriot, Georges F. (Georges Frederic), 1899-1987

U.S. Army officer, artist, financier, and professor at Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration (1926-1941, 1946-1966).

From the description of Papers, 1917-1985. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 31605100

Georges F. Doriot was a professor of Manufacturing at Harvard Business School from 1926-1966 (with a break during World War II). He served as Brigadier General from 1941-1947 and was assigned to the Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff in 1946, a position he held until 1959.

From the description of Georges F. Doriot American Research and Development papers, 1946-1991. (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 75562046

U.S. Army officer, artist, financier, and professor, Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration (1926-1941, 1946-1966).

From the description of Papers of Georges F. Doriot, 1917-1985. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71072078

Biographical Note

• 1899, Sept. 24: Born, Paris, France
• 1914 - 1915 : Student, Lynton College, Kent, England
• 1916 - 1920 : Student, University of Paris, Paris, France
• 1920 - 1921 : Student, Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration, Cambridge, Mass.
• 1925: Employed by Kuhn, Loeb, and Co.
• 1926 - 1941 : Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, Cambridge, Mass.
• 1930, Dec. 20: Married Edna Blanche Allen (died 1978)
• 1938: L.H.D., Union College, Schenectady, N.Y.
• 1940, Jan. 8: Naturalized in Boston, Mass.
• 1941 - 1942 : Chairman of the board, National Can Corp.
• 1941 - 1947 : Officer, United States Army, Washington, D.C.
• 1942: M.A., Harvard University
• 1945, Dec. 18: Awarded Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E.
• 1946 - 1966 : Professor, Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration, Cambridge, Mass.
• 1947 - 1972 : Officer, American Research and Development Corp., Boston, Mass.
• 1952: Lowell Technological Institute, Lowell, Mass.
• 1955: L.L.D., Emerson College, Boston, Mass.
• 1958: Founded Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires (France)
• 1962: L.L.D., Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
• 1987, June 2: Died, Massachusetts

From the guide to the Georges F. Doriot Papers, 1917-1985, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)