Dexter Keezer
Dexter Morriam Keezer (24 August 1895 – June 24, 1991) was an American economist who served as president of Reed College from 1934–42.
Biography[]
Dexter Merriam Keezer was born Aug. 24, 1895, in Acton, Massachusetts.[1] He graduated from Amherst College in 1920, received an M.A. from Cornell University in 1923 and a Ph.D. from the Brookings Graduate School of Economics and Government in 1925. He taught at Cornell, the University of Colorado, the University of North Carolina, and Dartmouth College.[1]
He served as president of Reed College from 1934 to 1942.[2] He founded the department of economics at McGraw-Hill after joining the company in 1945.[1]
Keezer died in 1991 in Orleans, Massachusetts.[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d NARVAEZ, ALFONSO A. (June 25, 1991). "Dexter M. Keezer Is Dead at 95; Economist Gauged U.S. Outlook". The New York Times. New York. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
- ^ "Presidents of Reed". Reed College. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
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- Cornell University alumni
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- People from Acton, Massachusetts
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- Economists from Oregon
- 20th-century American economists