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Among the recipients of the 73 Guggenheim Fellowships-this year is Wassily W. Leontief, associate professor of Economics, whose project will be the preparation of a book on mathematical economics...
Professor Leontief, a Russian-born scholar who took his doctorate at the University of Berlin in 1928, was for two years adviser to the Chinese Ministry of Railways. He is co-author of a book, "Economics of the Recovery Program," and of numerous articles in periodicals...
...Leontief received his Ph.D. from the University of Berlin, then did research work at the University of Kiel. Following that he went to China, where for a year he was adviser on railroad planning to the Chinese Government. He came to Harvard...
...Leontief pointed out the close resemblance between Stalin's method in gaining Finland and Hitler's in seizing Czechoslovakia. In both cases there was a strong campaign against the smaller state, culminating in an ultimatum and finally invasion. Since the Finnish cabinet resigned yesterday, Russia will probably see to it that the next one is composed of pro-Russians, as Germany set up Hacha and his aides in Czechoslovakia...
...believe that the United States should make a definite protest to Russia about her invasion of Finland," said Wassily W. Leontief, associate professor of Economics, at his home last night...