Fetter, Frank Whitson, 1899-1991

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American economist on the faculty of Northwestern University, and economic advisor to international banks and governments.

From the description of Frank Whitson Fetter Papers, 1902-1992 (bulk 1920-1980). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 32527109

  • 1899, May 22: Born, San Francisco, Calif.
  • 1916: Graduate of Princeton High School, Princeton, NJ
  • 1920: A.B., Political Science, Swarthmore College (Phi Beta Kappa)
  • 1922: A.M., Princeton University
  • 1924: A.M., Harvard University
  • 1926: Ph.D., Economics, Princeton University
  • 1928 - 1934 : Assistant Professor and Professor of Economics, Princeton University
  • 1929, Jan. 14: Married Elizabeth Pollard (d. 1977)
  • 1934: Member of Commission on Cuban Affairs, organized by the Foreign Policy Association
  • 1934 - 1948 : Associate Professor and Professor of Economics, Haverford College
  • 1937 - 1938 : Guggenheim fellowship (Research on banking in Great Britain)
  • 1939, summer: Economist for the Export-Import Bank of Washington
  • 1940, summer: Economic Advisor to the Central Bank of Ecuador
  • 1943 - 1946 : Economic Advisor with the Lend-Lease Administration and the Department of State; ten months spent in India
  • 1948 - 1967 : Professor of Economics, Northwestern University
  • 1950, summer: Advisor to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  • 1951, summer: Advisor to the Department of State, Division of German Affairs, and member of the American Delegation to London for the Preliminary Conference on German Debts
  • 1967 - 1968 : Visiting Haney Professor, Dartmouth College
  • 1978, Apr.: Married Elizabeth Miller Stabler (d. 1985)
  • 1991: Died

Frank Whitson Fetter served as a member of the following organizations: American Economic Association (Executive Committee, 1944-1946), Midwest Economic Association (President, 1952), and National Bureau of Economic Research (Director, 1950, 1973; Chairman, 1965-1967).

From the guide to the Frank Whitson Fetter Papers, 1902-1992, (Duke University. David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

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creatorOf Fetter, Frank A. (Frank Albert), 1863-1949. Papers, 1875-1988. Indiana University
creatorOf Frank Whitson Fetter Papers, 1902-1992 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
creatorOf Fetter, Frank Whitson, 1899-. Frank Whitson Fetter Papers, 1902-1992 (bulk 1920-1980). Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
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Birth 1899-05-22

Death 1991-07-07

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