Ernest Minor Patterson

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Ernest Minor Patterson (also Ernest M. Patterson , born July 17, 1879 in Cincinnati , Ohio , † November 9, 1969 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ) was an American economist and political scientist .

Life

Family and education

Ernest Minor Patterson, son of John Paul Patterson and Henrietta Frances Jackman Patterson, turned to study economics at Park College in Parkville, Missouri , in 1902 he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree , and in 1904 a Master of Arts degree . Postgraduate studies took him from 1909 to 1910 at the University of Chicago . In 1912 he received his doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania to the Doctor of Philosophy .

Ernest Minor Patterson married Elsie Davis Reynolds on July 3, 1906. The marriage was the daughter of Grace Frances. He died in 1969 at the age of 90. He found his final resting place in West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd , Pennsylvania.

Professional background

Ernest Minor Patterson was appointed Professor of Latin at Harry Kendall College in Muskogee , Oklahoma in 1902 after various professional assignments . In 1905 he switched to the position of principal of the Wasatch Academy in Mount Pleasant, Utah . From 1908 to 1909 he was employed as Dean at Washington College Academy in Limestone, Tennessee . After studying at the University of Chicago, he took a position as an instructor in finance at the University of Pennsylvania, in 1915 he was appointed Assistant Professor of Economics, in 1919 he was promoted to full professor , in 1950 he retired . Patterson also worked in 1929 as a visiting professor at the Institut universitaire de hautes études internationales in Geneva , and in 1931 as a lecturer at the Hague Academy for International Law in The Hague .

Patterson had memberships in the American Academy of Political and Social Science, there he served from 1930 to 1953 as President, in the American Economic Association , there he held the office of Vice President in 1936, in the American Philosophical Society , there he was Secretary , as well as in the scientific associations Delta Sigma Phi, Beta Gamma Sigma , Pi Gamma Mu and Phi Beta Kappa .

His research spanned the world economy , the position of the United States in the world economy, international relations and political systems . For his services to his areas of expertise, he received honorary doctorates (LL.D) from Occidental College in 1946 and those from the University of Pennsylvania in 1950.

Publications (selection)

  • Tests of a foreign government bond. Payson and Clark Ltd., New York, 1928
  • The world's economic dilemma. Whittlesey House, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1930
  • The insecurity of industry. in: Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. volume 154. American Academy of Political and Social Science, Philadelphia, 1931
  • America: world leader or world led ?. in: World problems of to-day. Century, New York, 1932
  • The United States and world war. in: Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. volume 192. American Academy of Political and Social Science, Philadelphia, 1937
  • The economic bases of peace. Whittlesey House, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., New York, London, 1939
  • The United Nations and the future. in: Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. volume 228. The Academy, Philadelphia, 1943
  • An introduction to world economics. Macmillan, New York, 1947
  • Looking toward one world. in: Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. volume 258. American Academy of Political and Social Science, Philadelphia, 1948
  • NATO and world peace. in: Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. volume 288. American Academy of Political and Social Science, Philadelphia, 1953

literature

  • Who's Who in America: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women. : Volume 28 (1954-1955), Marquis Who's Who, Chicago, Ill., 1955, p. 2077.
  • Who was Who in America. Volume 5: 1969-1973. Marquis Who's Who, New Providence, NJ, 1973, p. 558.
  • Ezra Pound , Hugh Witemeyer, William Carlos Williams , Poets Laureate Collection (Library of Congress): Pound / Williams: Selected Letters of Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams. New Directions, New York, 1996, p. 333.
  • Michael Veseth: The Rise of the Global Economy. in: New York times 20th century in review. Fitzroy Dearborn, Chicago, Ill .; London, 2002, p. 77.

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SURNAME Patterson, Ernest Minor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Patterson, Ernest M.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American economist and political scientist
DATE OF BIRTH July 17, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Cincinnati , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH November 9, 1969
Place of death Philadelphia , Pennsylvania