Raymond J. Saulnier

Raymond Joseph Saulnier (born September 20, 1908 in Hamilton , Massachusetts , † April 30, 2009 in Chestertown , Maryland ) was an American economist and university professor who was chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers from 1956 to 1961 and who was the Centennial died.

Life

After attending school, Saulnier first studied at Middlebury College , where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 1929 , before completing a subsequent study at Tufts College in 1931 with a Master of Arts (MA). He then took over a professorship for economics at Columbia University in New York City from 1934 to 1938 , where he also acquired a Philosophiae Doctor (Ph.D. Economics) in 1939 with a thesis on Contemporary Monetary Theory (1938).

He then became a professor at Barnard College in Manhattan in 1938 , where he taught until 1973 and was also a trustee of Middlebury College for a time.

In addition to his teaching activities, he was a research scientist at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) from 1938 to 1946 and then its research director until 1954. At the same time he was an advisor to the Federal Reserve System from 1950 to 1952 and from 1951 to 1952 President of the American Finance Association, a scientific organization founded in 1939 to research and disseminate knowledge about finance .

After he was an advisor to the Council of Economic Advisers from 1952 to 1953, he became a member in 1955. He was then chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers between 1956 and 1961, making him one of the closest economic policy advisors to US President Dwight D. Eisenhower . At the same time he was director of the then state mortgage bank Federal National Mortgage Association from 1959 to 1961 .

Later, in addition to his work as a professor, he was governor of the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) from 1965 to 1975 and at the same time advisor to the US Treasury between 1969 and 1977 . In addition, he was later a member of the Consumer Advisory Board of the Federal Reserve System between 1976 and 1979 and, most recently, Governor of the American Commodities Exchange from 1978 to 1980 .

Works (selection)

• Constructive Years: The US Economy Under Eisenhower , University Press of America, 1991.

Web links

• Raymond J. Saulnier in the nndb (English)
• THE NEW YORK TIMES: Raymond Saulnier, Adviser to Eisenhower, Dies at 100 (May 8, 2009 )
• UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL: Former Eisenhower adviser Saulnier dies (May 8, 2009) (English)