Lauchlin Bernard Currie papers, 1941-1993

Collection context

Summary

Creators:
Currie, Lauchlin Bernard
Abstract:
Correspondence, notes, memoranda, reports, and summaries of interviews relating to American aid to China during World War II, conditions in China, and military operations in the China-Burma-India Theater. Digital copies of select records also available at https://digitalcollections.hoover.org.
Extent:
5 manuscript boxes, 1 envelope (2.0 Linear Feet)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Lauchlin Bernard Currie papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1902 October 8
Born, Nova Scotia, Canada
1925
B.S., London University
1931
Ph.D., Harvard University
1929-1934
Instructor, Harvard University
1932-1934
Professor, Fletcher Graduate School
1934
Economist, U.S. Treasury
1934
Author, The Supply and Control of Money
1935-1939
Asst. Director Research, Federal Reserve Board
1939-1945
Administrative Assistant to President Franklin D. Roosevelt
1940-1941
Director, Lend-Lease for China
1942
Personal Representative of President Roosevelt to China
1943-1944
Deputy Director, Foreign Economic Administration
1945-1949
President, Lauchlin Currie and Company, New York
1949-1950
Director, International Bank Mission to Colombia
1950-1951
Adviser and Director, Comite de Desarrollo Economico, Colombia
1951-1953
Adviser, Colombian Planning Committee, 1951-1953
1953-1959
In retirement
1959
Director, Robert Nathan Magadalena Valley Study
1961-1967
Director, Fundación para el Progreso de Colómbia
1965
Editor and co-author, Una Política Urbana para un País en Desarrollo
1965
Author, Plan Socio-Económico para el Atlantico
1965
Professor of Economics, National University of Colombia
1965
Visiting Professor, Michigan State University
1966
Author, Accelerating Development
1966
Royer Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley
1966-1967
Director and Professor, Department of Economics, National University, Colombia
1966-1967
Director, Center of Development Research, National University, Colombia
1967
Co-author, Governmental Planning and Political Economy
1967-1968
Visiting Professor, Simon Fraser University, Canada
1968
Author, Obstacles to Development
1968-1969
Visiting Professor, Glasgow University
1969-1971
Professor, Simon Fraser University, Canada
1971-1976
Adviser, National Planning Agency, Colombia
1972-1974
Member, Board of Savings and Housing, Colombia
1974
Author, Ahorro, Correccion Monetaria y Construccion
1974-1976
Consultant to the United Nations on Urban Matters
1976
Author, Taming the Megalopolis: A Design for Urban Growth
1976-
Member of Board of Directors, Instituto de Estudios Colombianos
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Lauchlin Bernard Currie papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
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