Olds, Leland, 1890-1960

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Birth 1890-12-31
Death 1960-08-05
English,

Biographical notes:

Leland Olds (1890-1960), utility economist, began his government service making special economic studies for the Council of National Defense in 1917. In 1918 he became a statistician for the Shipbuilding Labor Adjustment Board and later that same year, the Administrator of Awards for the National War Labor Board. From 1920 to 1922 he headed the research bureau of the Railroad Employees Department of the American Federation of Labor, and from 1922 to 1931 was the industrial editor for Federated Press. From 1931 to 1939 he was with the New York State Power Authority, first as the Assistant to the Chairman and later as Executive Secretary. In 1936 he was a member of the President's Commission to Study Cooperative Enterprise Abroad. He was appointed to a five-year term on the Federal Power Commission in 1939, and re-appointed in 1944. He served as Chairman of the Commission from 1940 to 1945 and again in 1947. In 1950 and 1951, he was a member of the President's Water Resources Policy Commission.

From the description of Olds, Leland, 1890-1960 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10574358

Economist.

Olds was interested in labor, development of public electric power, and ecology. He served in several government posts including the Federal Power Commission, 1939-1949.

From the description of Papers, [ca. 1848]-1960, 1923-1960 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155524410

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Subjects:

  • Conservation of natural resources
  • Cooperation
  • Cooperative societies
  • Corporations, Government
  • Hydroelectric power plants
  • Industry
  • Labor and laboring classes
  • Natural gas
  • Nuclear energy
  • Political parties
  • Public service commission
  • Public utilities
  • Public utilities
  • Public utilities
  • Taxicabs
  • Trade regulation
  • Utility companies
  • Water
  • Water resources development
  • Watershed
  • Waterways
  • World War, 1939-1945

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  • United States (as recorded)
  • Saint Lawrence Seaway (as recorded)
  • Scandinavia (as recorded)
  • North America (as recorded)
  • New York (State) (as recorded)
  • Great Britain (as recorded)
  • New York (N.Y.) (as recorded)
  • New York (State)--New York (as recorded)
  • South Dakota (as recorded)

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