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Harvard Graduate Alumnus, George Ole Virtue in 1896 and 1912

GEORGE OLE VIRTUE.

“1892-94, Harvard Graduate School. 1894-95, instructor in Political Economy in Harvard. At present [1895-] tutor in Political Economy in the University Extension Department of the University of Chicago.” Received Harvard A. M. in 1893.

Is a member of the American Economic Association. Author of “Gold Shipments,” Quarterly Journal of Economics, July, 1892; “Public Control of Mineral Lands in the U. S.,” Journal of Political Economy, March, 1895.

Present address, 5724 Madison Ave., Chicago, Ill.

Source: Secretary’s Report Harvard Class of 1892, No. II. Andover Press, 1896, p. 69.

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GEORGE OLIEN VIRTUE

Son of John Freeborn and Cynthia (Jackson) Virtue. Born at Abingdon, Ill., November 4, 1862. Prepared for college at the Bedford, la., High School. Was a member of the class of 1892 in the University of Kansas, from which he received the degree of A.B. in 1892. Attended Harvard 1891-92, A.B.; Graduate School 1892-95, A.M. 1893; Ph.D. 1897. Married Meta Vogel, daughter of Bernhardt and Auguste Vogel, at Green Island, N. Y., September 14, 1897. Children: John Bernhardt, born at Winona, Minn., September 25, 1901; Ruth Vogel, born August 31, 1904.

From 1892 to 1894 was in Harvard Graduate School. From 1894 to 1895 instructor in political economy in Harvard. From 1895 to 1896 tutor in political economy in the University Extension Department of the University of Chicago. From 1896 to 1897 instructor in political economy in Harvard (second appointment). In 1897 became instructor in political science in the State Normal School at Winona, Minn., where he remained till 1909.

 

“In 1909 was elected professor of political economy and public finance at the University of Nebraska. Published a little book on the civil government of Minnesota in 1910 (Scribner’s) and a study of the labor conditions on the Minnesota iron ranges in the Bulletin of the Department of Labor, Washington, 1910. In 1911 was appointed special agent of the census, with headquarters at Lincoln. Am a member of the National Tax Association and serving as an advisory member of the Nebraska Rural Life Commission.”

Home address: Lincoln, Neb.

Source: Secretary’s Report Harvard Class of 1892, No. V. Boston, Fort Hill Press, 1912, p. 163.