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Walter W. Stewart

Past Faculty
School of Historical Studies

Affiliation

Historical Studies

From the History of Political Economy:

[Walter] Stewart served as a top adviser to policymakers before there was any tradition for such service by economists. Despite minimal formal academic training in economics, he had the good fortune to become closely associated with Davenport, Walton Hamilton, and Veblen in his early years, to work under Wesley Mitchell at the end of World War I, and to acquire a strong taste for empirical work, to produce an imposing group of students at Amherst, and to gain the friendship and confidence of dignitaries like Benjamin Strong and Dwight Morrow. Concluding his career with service on the Council of Economic Advisers was really a tribute to his pioneering work in the 1920s.

“Walter W. Stewart” History of Political Economy (1982)

Dates at IAS

Emeritus
School of Historical Studies
Faculty
School of Economics and Politics

Degrees

University of Missouri
A.B.
1909

Honors

American Philosophical Society
Honorary Foreign Member, Political Economy Club, London
Officer Legion of Honor
Phi Beta Kappa
1951
Columbia University
1951
DLitt Princeton University
1944
Amherst College
1933
Dartmouth College
1932
LLD Univ of Missouri

Appointments

President’s Council of Economic Advisers
1953–1955
Member
General Education Board
1933–1950
Trustee
Rockefeller Foundation
1931–1950
Trustee
Institute for Advanced Study
1933–1941
Trustee
Bennington College
1932–1938
Trustee
Bank of England
1928–1930
Economic Adviser