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Title: Lauchlin Bernard Currie papers
Date (inclusive): 1941-1993
Collection Number: 80013
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
5 manuscript boxes, 1 envelope
(2.0 Linear Feet)
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.
Creator:
Currie, Lauchlin Bernard
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
[Identification of item], Lauchlin Bernard Currie papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Digital copies of select records also available at
https://digitalcollections.hoover.org.
| 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 |
Subjects and Indexing Terms
China -- History -- Republic, 1912-1949
World War, 1939-1945 -- China
China -- Foreign relations -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- China
Lend-lease operations (1941-1945)
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945