Walter W. Stewart

Walter W. Stewart
Born 1885
Manhattan, Kansas
Died March 6, 1958
Nationality American
Academic background
Alma mater University of Missouri
Academic work
Discipline Economics
Institutions Institute for Advanced Study

Walter W. Stewart (1885 — 1958) was an American economist and banking expert. He was an economics advisor to four presidents, Coolidge, Hoover, Roosevelt and Eisenhower.[1]

Education and career

Stewart graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Missouri in 1909.[1] He was a professor of economics at the University of Missouri, the University of Michigan and Amherst College.[2] He joined the faculty of the School of Economics and Politics at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) on September 1, 1938 and remained there until his death in 1958.

During World War II members of the IAS School of Economics and Politics did important war work.[3] In 1944 Stewart along with IAS colleague Robert B. Warren worked for the Treasury Department in Washington, advising them on the relation between fiscal operations and the banking system. He served on President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Council of Economic Advisers from 1953 to 1955.[3]

In 1927 he was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Dr. Walter Stewart Dies, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, March 7, 1958
  2. ↑ William P. Yohe. "The Mysterious Career of Walter W. Stewart, Especially 1922–1930". History of Political Economy. Duke University Press. 14. Winter 1982: 583–607. doi:10.1215/00182702-14-4-583.
  3. 1 2 IAS Institute for Advanced Study (1945). Bulletin No. 11 : School Of Economics And Politics
  4. ↑ View/Search Fellows of the ASA, accessed 2016-07-23.
  • Home page of Walter Stewart at The Institute for Advanced Study
  • "Walter W. Stewart". JSTOR.
  • Works by or about Walter W. Stewart in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
  • Walter W. Stewart (1950). Monetary policy and economic prosperity: testimony of Dr. W. W. Stewart before the Macmillan Committee, July 3-4, 1930. American Enterprise Association.


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