John H. Patterson (economist)
John H. Patterson (1905–1951) of Greensburg, Pennsylvania was an American economist, academic and writer known for his progressive trade position during the debate over the Smoot-Hawley Act. With Paul O'Leary, he authored An Introduction to Money, Banking and Corporations in 1937.[1]
Early life[edit]
Patterson came from a railroad family. As an undergraduate at Cornell University, he served on the Student Council's Freshman Advisory Committee, joined the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, and through that organization was a member of the Irving Literary Society.[2] He took his bachelor's degree in economics in 1925, his master's degree in 1926 and his PhD in 1929. All degrees were conferred by Cornell University. He married a classmate, Ms. Anne Hubbel Seymour.
Academic career[edit]
His first teaching position was instructor in economics at Washington Square College, New York University.[3] In 1934, he took leave from NYU and returned as acting assistant professor of economics at Cornell.[4] The next year he served as a lecturer in economics at the University of California at Berkeley.[5] In 1939, he became dean of men at Middlebury College and an associate professor of economics.
New Dealer[edit]
Prior to the outbreak of World War Two, he was asked to take a position with the Office of Price Administration in Washington, D.C.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ Paul Martin O'Leary; John Highberger Patterson (1937). An Introduction to Money, Banking, and Corporations. Macmillan. OCLC 2704731.
- ^ Cornell Alumni News (May 1, 1924) at 1.
- ^ Cornell Alumni News (June 7, 1934) at 365.
- ^ Cornell Alumni News (Oct. 4, 1934) at 1.
- ^ Am. Econ. Rev. (23:3)(Sep. 1935) at 605.
- ^ Called to Washington, N.Y. Times (Sept. 28, 1941).