OVERVIEW:
FULL NAME:
Kermit Gordon
BORN:
July 3, 1916,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
DIED:
June 21, 1976 (age 59),
Washington, DC
EDUCATION:
Swarthmore College (BA, 1938)
Rhodes Scholar, University College, Oxford University (1938-1939)
POLITICAL PARTY:
Democratic
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
1940-1941:
Administration Fellow, Harvard University
1941-1943:
Office of Price Administration
1943-1945:
2nd Lieutenant, U.S. Army
1945-1946:
Special Assistant, Office of Assistant Secretary of Economic Affairs, Department of State
1946-1953:
Consultant
1946-1962:
Faculty member, Williams College
1955-1962:
Professor of Economics, Williams College
1961-1962:
Member of the Council of Economic Advisers
1962-1965:
Director, Bureau of the Budget
1965-1967:
Vice president, Brookings Institution
1965-1967:
Health Insurance Benefits Advisory Council
1967-1976:
President, Brookings Institution
1969-1971:
Social Security Advisory Council
1971-1972:
Federal Pay Board
BIOGRAPHIES:
Wikipedia
PAPERS:
JFK Library
ORAL HISTORY:
JFK Library (7/12/1964)
JFK Library (9/14/1972)
OBITUARIES (6/23/1976):
New York Times