Edward W. Morehouse Papers, 1920-1974

Biography/History

Chronology

1896 Born in Yonkers, New York, the son of the Rev. Daniel W. and Martha Bird Morehouse
1918 B.A., Amherst College
1918 Clerk, U.S. Shipping Board, Washington, D.C.
1920 M.A., University of Wisconsin
1920-1921 Assistant labor manager, Levy Bros., Rochester, N.Y.
1923-1925 Research instructor, Institute for Research in Land Economics and Public Utilities, University of Wisconsin
1923 Married Anna Mason Ely; children Richard, Nancy Gordon, Ward
1925-1931 Research associate, Institute for Economic Research, Northwestern University
1925-1928 Assistant professor of Economics, Northwestern University
1925 Managing editor, Land Economics; later associate editor and member of the board of editors
1927 Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
1928-1931 Associate professor of Economics, Northwestern University
1931-1940 Chief economist and director, Rates and Research Department, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin
1934-1946 Consultant, TVA
1935-1939 Chairman, Committee on Statistics and Accounts, National Association of Railroad and Utilities Commissioners
1938-1940 Chairman, Wisconsin Committee on Statistics
1940 Chief economist and technical consultant, Associated Gas & Electric Corporation, New York City
1942-1945 Consultant, War Production Board
1945 Vice President, General Public Utilities Corp, New York City
1946 Director and president, Utilities Mutual Insurance Co.
1947-1949 Consultant, National Security Resources Board
1951 Chairman, Electric Power Advisory Committee, Defense Power Administration
1954 Chairman of Committee on Economics of the Atomic Power Development Associates
1959 Married Margery Robinson Collins
1961 Retirement from General Public Utilities Corp.
1961 Consultant, Atomic Energy Commission
1974 Death at Littleton, N.H.