Frank Whitson Fetter (born May 22, 1899 in San Francisco, CA; died July 7, 1991 in Hanover, NH). A.B. from Swarthmore College (1920), A.M. from Princeton (1922), also A.M. from Harvard (1924). Ph.D. from Princeton (1926). His father was Princeton economics professor Frank Albert Fetter.
During the course of his career Fetter taught at Princeton, Haverford, Johns Hopkins, Wisconsin, Northwestern and Dartmouth.
The 1942 copy of his A.M. course transcript below matches an undated transcript (or report card) from the Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences for the academic year 1923-24 found in the same folder at the Duke Economists’ Papers Project.
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[Course titles and instructors]
From Economics Group I, Economic Theory and Method
11 Professor Taussig — Economic Theory.
From Economics Group III: Applied Economics
37 1hf. Professor Persons — Commercial Crises
39 2hf. Asst. Professor Williams — International Finance
From Economics Group V: Course of Research in Economics
20 Professors Taussig, Carver, Ripley, Bullock, Young, and Persons — Economic Research
From History, Group IV. American History
17a 1hf. Professor Turner—The History of the West.
39 2hf. Professor Turner—History of the United States, 1880-1920.
Source: Harvard University Reports of the President and the Treasurer of Harvard College for 1923-24. History, p. 103; Economics, p. 107.
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Harvard University
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
24 University Hall, Cambridge, Massachusetts
November 30, 1942
Transcript of the record of Mr. Frank Whitson Fetter
1923-24
| COURSE | GRADE |
| Economics 11 (1 course) |
A |
| Economics 20 (1 course) |
A |
| Economics371 ( ½ course) |
A |
| Economics 392( ½ course) |
A minus |
| History 17a1 ( ½ course) |
A minus |
| History 392 ( ½ course) |
A |
Mr. Fetter received the degree of Master of Arts in June, 1924.
The established grades are A, B, C, D, and E.
A grade of A, B, Credit, Satisfactory, or Excused indicates that the course was passed with distinction. Only courses passed with distinction may be counted toward a higher degree.
[signed] Lawrence S. Mayo
Associate Dean
Source: Duke University, Rubenstein Library. Frank Whitson Fetter Papers. Box 50, Folder “Student Papers, Transcripts, grades, Harvard University (1923-1924).
Image Source: (ca. 1937) John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.