Robert R. Nathan

Robert R. Nathan (1908– September 4, 2001) was an American economist who was heavily involved in US industrial mobilization during World War II.

Nather grew up in Dayton, Ohio and attended the University of Pennsylvania, receiving a BA and MA. While in college, Nathan supported himself by factory work and selling silk stockings and telephone memo pads.

In 1933, Nathan joined US Commerce Department. When World War II started, Nathan frequently criticized the lack of industrial readiness in the United States if they entered the war.[1]

In 1942, he was appointed chair of the federal War Production Board's planning committee. That same year, Nathan was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.[2]

After the war. Nathan started a consultancy firm Robert R. Nathan Associates (now Nathan Associates, Inc.). In the 1950s he worked for a period as chair of Americans for Democratic Action. In this role, Nathan was openly critical of President Dwight Eisenhower's conservative policies.[3][1]

Nathan died on September 4, 2001, in Bethesda, Maryland.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Schiesel, Seth. "Robert R. Nathan, 92, Dies; Set Factory Goals in War". NY Times. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  2. ↑ View/Search Fellows of the ASA, accessed 2016-07-23.
  3. ↑ https://www.bea.gov/scb/pdf/2002/02%20February/0202Tribute.pdf Katz, Arnold J. Katz (2002) February A Tribute to Robert Nathan U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Economic Analysis


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