Shoemaker, James Harold, 1897-1983.

American economist; deputy director, Far Eastern Division, 1941-1942, and Enemy Potential Division, 1942-1943, United States Board of Economic Warfare; member, United States Strategic Bombing Survey, Japan, 1945-1946; chairman, National Economic Board, United States Military Government in Korea, 1946-1947.

From the description of James Harold Shoemaker papers, 1924-1983. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754872118

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

• 1897 September 10: Born, Dubuque, Iowa
• 1918: B.A., State College, Iowa
• 1920 - 1923 : Faculty member, Nagasaki College, Japan
• 1924: M.A., University of Iowa, Iowa
• 1924 - 1928 : Instructor, Department of Economics, Brown University, Rhode Island
• 1928 - 1931 : Faculty member, Harvard University, Massachusetts
• 1931 - 1945 : Professor of Economics, Brown University
• 1933: 1935: Research Analyst, Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States Department of Labor (summer months)
• 1939: Author, Labor in the Territory of Hawaii, 1939
• 1939: 1947: 1949: Director of Economic Survey of Hawaii, Bureau of Labor Statistics, sponsored by the United States Congress
• 1940 - 1943 : Consultant, Office of Export Control, United States Government
• 1941 - 1942 : Deputy Director, Far Eastern Division, United States Government
• 1942 - 1943 : Director, Enemy Potential Division, Office of Economic Warfare, United States Government
• 1942 - 1945 : Lieutenant Colonel, War Department, Military Government Division, United States Government
• 1945 - 1946 : Colonel, United States Strategic Bombing Survey, Japan
• 1946: Dean, Business School, University of Hawaii
• 1946: Major General (assimilated rank), United States Navy mission in Japan
• 1946 - 1947 : Chairman, National Economic Board, United States Military Government in South Korea
• 1946 - 1949 : Chairman, Economic Department, University of Hawaii
• 1947: Author, The Economy of Hawaii in 1947
• 1948 - 1949 : Director, Program Coordinator Division, National Security Resources Board, Executive Office of the President of the United States
• 1949 - 1968 : Vice President and Director of Business Research, Bank of Hawaii
• 1950 - 1953 : Consultant, National Security Resources Board (summer months)
• 1954?: Member, United States Civil Service Commission
• 1958: 1965: Member, Reserve Bank of New Zealand Mission
• 1958 - 1960 : 1963 - 1965 : President, Pacific and Asian Affairs Council
• 1958 - 1970 : Trustee, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Hawaii
• 1959: Member, Trade missions to Peru and Equador, Trade Development Bureau, United States Department of Commerce
• 1960: Honorary LL.D degree, University of Hawaii
• 1960 - 1965 : President, University of Hawaii Foundation
• 1966: Member, Trade missions to Guyana, Surinam and Netherlands Antilles, Trade Development Bureau, United States Department of Commerce
• 1966 - 1967 : Director, surveys for airlines serving Hawaii
• 1967: 1970: Consultant and Coordinator for Rehabilitation, Government of Alaska
• 1968 - 1969 : Vice President, University of Alaska
• 1970 - 1971 : Consultant on economy of Alaska, Government of Alaska
• 1971: Author, Growth Potential of the Interiors of Alaska
• 1983 June 14: Died, Pine Bluff, Arkansas

From the guide to the James Harold Shoemaker Papers, 1924-1983, (Hoover Institution Archives)