In the continuing series “Get to know an economics Ph.D.” we meet the brothers Arthur Bruce Anthony (1892-1974) and Donald Elliot Anthony (1899-1974). The brothers each earned an economics Ph.D. from Stanford in 1927 and 1928, respectively.
Arthur Bruce Anthony’s 1927 dissertation: “Some influences tending toward American economic imperialism…”
Donald Elliot Anthony’s 1928 dissertation: “Labor Conditions in the Canning Industry in the Santa Clara Valley of the State of California”.
The original starting point for this post was a one-page typed outline c.v. for “A.B. Anthony” apparently submitted sometime in 1928 to the Harvard economics department as part of Arthur Bruce Anthony’s job search following his 1927 Stanford Ph.D. What struck me in reading his c.v. was the list of courses taught and their respective textbooks.
The brothers were born in the City of Berkeley, California. Their parents were Arthur Kellogg Anthony and Minnie Elliot Anthony (née Buckelow).
Arthur Bruce Anthony was born May 22, 1892 and died May 4, 1974.
Donald Elliot Anthony was born November 30, 1899 and died in Kent, Ohio in September, 1974 (According to the Social Security Death Index September 9, State of Ohio Death Records September 5, Find-A-Grave index September 7).
The older brother, Arthur, began his final university appointment (in economics) at Mercer University (Georgia) immediately after the end of the Second World War. The younger brother, Donald, appears to have spent his entire teaching career (business administration) starting 1929 at Kent State University (Ohio).
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Arthur Bruce Anthony’s c.v. ca. 1928
Academic Record
A.B., Stanford, 1919; M.A., Stanford, 1921; Ph.D., Stanford, 1927.
Graduate Student, Cornell University, 1922-23.
Graduate Student, University of Chicago, summers of 1921-22, 1924-25, resp.
Thesis Field: International Economic Relations.
Stanford University Fellowship, 1925-26.
Graduate Student, Stanford University, summer of 1926-27.
Note. In addition to my A.B. work in Economics, I have the equivalent of A.B. work at Stanford in History, and also in Philosophy.
Teaching Record.
Butler University, Indianapolis, 1921-22. Instructor in Economics.
Cornell University, 1922-23. Instructor in Economics.
University of Pittsburgh, 1923-24, 1924-25. Instructor in Economics.
St. Louis University, 1926-27, 1927-28. Head of Dept. of Economics.1
Total Teaching Time, six years. (June, 1928.)
1Note: The Dean of the Department of Commerce and Finance in St. Louis University doe not believe in separate ranks for his teachers.
Subjects Taught.
Principles of Economics. Text, Taussig.
Principles of Economics. Text, Ely.
Money, Credit and Banking, Text. Jos. F. Johnson. Outside Readings.
Transportation. Text, Johnson and Van Metre. Outside Readings.
Foreign Exchange. Text, Whitaker. Outside Readings. Advanced Course.
Transportation. (Advanced Course.) Text, H.G. Brown, “Transportation Rates and Their Regulation.” Outside Readings, espec. W.Z. Ripley.
Economic Geography. Text, J.R. Smith. Outside Sources.
Elementary Sociology. Texts, E.A. Ross, and W.G. Beach (Stanford).
Graduate Seminar in Sociology.
References: Dr. M.S. Wildman, Stanford Univ; Dr. R.H. Jordan, Cornell Univ; Dr. Jacob Viner, Univ. of Chicago; Dr. M.O. McKay, Univ. of Pittsburgh.
(signed) A.B. Anthony
Source: Harvard University Archives. Department of Economics, Correspondence & Papers 1902-1950. Box 3, Folder “A”.
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From Arthur Bruce Anthony’s 1957 AEA Handbook entry
Anthony, Arthur Bruce, Mercer Univ., Macon, Ga. (1949) Mercer Univ., prof. of econ., teach; b. 1892; A.B., 1919, M.A., 1921, Ph.D., 1927, Stanford; 1921-22, Cornell Univ.; 1923-24 Pittsburgh; summers, Chicago. Fields 5 [Economic Systems; Planning and Reform; Co-operation], 1 [General Economics], 9 [International Economics]. Doc. dis. Some tendencies towards economic imperialism. Pub. Economic and social problems of machine age (Univ. of Southern California Press, 1930); “Economic development of modern corporation,” in Georgia Corporation Law, Appendix (C. E. Nadler, 1950) Dir. W. W. in Amer., Dir. of Amer. Schol.
Source: The American Economic Review, Vol. 47, No. 4, Handbook of the American Economic Association (Jul., 1957), p. 8.
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New Head of Economics
[Mercer University, October 1946]
Dr. Arthur Bruce Anthony, Ph.D., Stanford University, ’27, arrived at Mercer with the fall session to be head of the Department of Economics. Having last taught at Park College, Parkville, Missouri, Dr. Anthony has served on the faculties of University of Southern California, University of Pittsburgh, Cornell University, Butler University, and Whitman College, and was connected with the War Department from 1941 to 1942.
He has had a book published, entitled Economic and Social Problems of the Machine Age.
Source: The Mercerian, October, 1946, p. 6.
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From Donald Elliot Anthony’s entry in
AEA 1948 List of Members
ANTHONY, Donald Elliot, Kent, Ohio. (1928) Kent State Univ., Dept. of Bus. Admin., dept. head, teach., res.; b. 1899; B.A., 1922, Stanford; M.A., 1923, Cornell Univ.; Ph.D., 1928, Stanford. Fields 16 [Labor], 12b [Public Regulation and Control of Business; Public Administration; Operation in War and Peace], 4a [Economic Systems and Policies]. Doc. dis. Problems of women and children in canning industry of central California. Pub. “How collective bargaining works,” Ch. 12, Rubber products (Twentieth Century Fund, 1942); “Filipino labor in central California,” Sociology and Soc. Res., Nov.-Dec., 1931; “An economist looks at the last decade,” Torch, Oct., 1941. Dir. Dir. of Schol.
Source: The American Economic Review, Vol. 39, No. 1, The 1948 Directory of the American Economic Association (Jan., 1949), p. 6.
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Image Sources: For Arthur Bruce Anthony, The 1951 Mercer University Yearbook (Cauldron). For Donald Elliot Anthony, 1950 Kent State Yearbook (Chestnut Burr).