Emile Despres was a professor of economics at Williams College and Stanford University.
11 Facts About Emile Despres
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Emile Despres was born on September 21,1909, in Chicago, Illinois.
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Emile Despres attended schools in Chicago and the Riverdale Country School in New York.
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Emile Despres established a system for monitoring the volatile international flows of short-term capital during the Great Depression.
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In 1937, Emile Despres returned to Harvard as a consultant in the Graduate School Public Administration.
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In 1939, Emile Despres served as Economic Advisor to the chairman of the board of the Federal Reserve System.
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From 1946 to 1961, Emile Despres was a professor of economics at Williams College.
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In July 1947, Emile Despres vouched for the loyalty of Carl Marzani, convicted for concealing Communist Party membership in his application for Government employment.
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Emile Despres married Joanna Hitt Eakin in 1939 and had three children: Lani, John, and Charles.
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The Emile Despres Family built the home later purchased by Eric Sevareid in Alexandria, Virginia.
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Emile Despres died in Portola Valley, California, on April 23,1973.