10 Facts About Colston Warne

Colston Estey Warne was a professor of economics and one of the founders of Consumers Union, in 1936.

Colston Warne served as president of the board of directors from 1936 to 1979.

Colston Warne served as President of the International Organization of Consumers Unions from 1960 to 1970, which later became Consumers International under Rhoda Karpatkin.

Colston Warne's father managed a country store, farmed, and participated in the local Presbyterian church.

Colston Warne attended nearby Cornell University where in 1921 he graduated with a master's degrees in economics.

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Colston Warne began studying the writings of Thorstein Veblen with Veblen's friend and supporter Herbert J Davenport.

In 1925 Colston Warne earned a doctorate in political economy from the University of Chicago.

Colston Warne taught at the University of Pittsburgh and later became professor of economics at Amherst College from 1930 until his retirement in 1969.

Colston Warne testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee, when it investigated charges of Communism in the consumer movement.

Colston Warne is an Ordo Honoris brother of the Kappa Delta Rho fraternity, having initiated into the Beta chapter at Cornell University.