John B. Condliffe
John Bell Condliffe KCMG | |
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| Born | 23 December 1891 |
| Died | 23 December 1981 (aged 90) |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Institution | Canterbury University College, Institute of Pacific Relations, London School of Economics and University of California, Berkeley |
John Bell Condliffe KCMG (Footscray, Victoria, 23 December 1891 – Walnut Creek, California, 23 December 1981) was a New Zealand economist, university professor and economic consultant. Lauded for the decisive role he played in international NGOs in the Interwar,[1] he was one of New Zealand's best-known international economists.[2]
A professor of economics at the Canterbury University College, he resigned in 1926 to become the first research secretary of the Institute of Pacific Relations, a nascent international organization concerned with the Pacific basin.[1] He took a 2/3 part-time position at the University of Michigan during the academic year 1930-1931, then left the IPR altogether to enter the League of Nations Secretariat, where he wrote the six first World Economic Surveys (1932-1937).[1]
Having left the League to become professor of commerce at the London School of Economics in 1938-1939, he was distinguished in 1939 by the prestigious Howland Memorial Prize and accepted a professorship in economics at the University of California, Berkeley, which he held until retirement in 1953.[1] In the meantine, he returned to the IPR as the chairman of its International Research Committee between 1940 and 1945.[3]
Honours[]
- 1939: Howland Memorial Prize
- 1977: KCMG (honorary)
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d William L. Holland, "Preface" in John B. Condliffe, Reminiscences of the Institute of Pacific Relations, Vancouver, Institute of Asian Research (University of British Columbia), 1981,p. ii.
- ^ Fleming, Grant. "John Bell Condliffe". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ William L. Holland, "Postscript" in John B. Condliffe, Reminiscences of the Institute of Pacific Relations, Vancouver, Institute of Asian Research (University of British Columbia), 1981, p. 53.
Books[]
- John B. Condliffe (ed. and preface William L. Holland), Reminiscences of the Institute of Pacific Relations, Vancouver, Institute of Asian Research (University of British Columbia), 1981.
External References[]
- Guide to the J.B. Condliffe Papers, ca. 1910-1960, The Bancroft Library
- Finding Aid to the J. B. (John Bell) Condliffe Papers: Additions, 1919-1981 (bulk 1960-1969) at The Bancroft Library
- Register of the John B. Condliffe Papers at the Online Archive of California
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