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

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Dates:
Birth 1899
Death 1987

Biographical notes:

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)

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Subjects:

  • Capitalists and financiers
  • Military supplies
  • Poetry
  • Research and development partnership
  • Venture capital
  • World War, 1939-1945

Occupations:

  • Army officers
  • Artists
  • Capitalists and financiers
  • Educators
  • Financiers
  • Government consultants
  • Soldiers

Places:

  • United States (as recorded)

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