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Voted to grant leave of absence to the following: Professor Frank William Taussig '79 for the second half of the year 1916-17, and for the year 1917-18; Professor Edward Caldwell Moore, for the second half of the year 1916-17; Professor Lincoln Frederick Schaub, LL.B. '06, for the year 1917-18; Professor Oliver Mitchell Wentworth Sprague '94, for the year...
...President has succeeded in persuading Professor Taussig of Harvard to take the chairmanship of the new Tariff Commission, the country is to be congratulated. In a sense the work the commission has to do lies in a new field, and everything will depend on the way it is done. Congress is not likely ever to abandon any part of its prerogatives in tariff making, but a body of advisers who have the general confidence of the country cannot fail to exert a powerful influence. Of the capacity of Professor Taussig there can be no question. No living American economist surpasses...
Professor Taussig made the following statement in regard to his appointment yesterday...
Professor Taussig has won an international reputation as an economist, having written several important books, among which are "A Tariff History of the United States," "The Silver Situation in the United States," "Wages and Capital" and "Principles of Economics." Through more than 25 years of especial attention to tariff problems he has established himself as the most impartial and authoritative writer on matters of fiscal policy in this country...
...degree of A.B. from the University in 1879 he has been honored by the degrees of Ph.D., A.M. and LL.B. He was appointed instructor in political economy in 1882, assistant professor in 1886 and professor in 1892. Since 1901 he has been the Henry Lee Professor of Economics. Professor Taussig was president of the American Economic Association from 1904 to 1905, and is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences...