RIAMCO

Rhode Island Archival and Manuscript Collections Online

For Participating Institutions

James H. Shoemaker Files (OF-1UF-S6)

Brown University Library

Box A
Brown University
Providence, RI, 02912
Telephone: Manuscripts: 401-863-3723; University Archives: 401-863-2148
Email: Manuscripts: hay@brown.edu; University Archives: archives@brown.edu

Biographical/Historical Note

1897 September 10 Born, Dubuque, Iowa

1918 B.A., State College, Iowa

1920-1923 Faculty member, Nagasaki College, Japan

1924 M.A., University of Iowa, Iowa

1924-1928 Instructor, Department of Economics, Brown University, Rhode Island

1928-1931 Faculty member, Harvard University, Massachusetts

1931-1945 Professor of Economics, Brown University

1933, 1935 Research Analyst, Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States Department of Labor (summer months)

1939 Author, Labor in the Territory of Hawaii, 1939

1939, 1947, 1949 Director of Economic Survey of Hawaii, Bureau of Labor Statistics, sponsored by the United States Congress

1940-1943 Consultant, Office of Export Control, United States Government

1941-1942 Deputy Director, Far Eastern Division, United States Government

1942-1943 Director, Enemy Potential Division, Office of Economic Warfare, United States Government

1942-1945 Lieutenant Colonel, War Department, Military Government Division, United States Government

1945-1946 Colonel, United States Strategic Bombing Survey, Japan

1946 Dean, Business School, University of Hawaii

1946 Major General (assimilated rank), United States Navy mission in Japan

1946-1947 Chairman, National Economic Board, United States Military Government in South Korea

1946-1949 Chairman, Economic Department, University of Hawaii

1947 Author, The Economy of Hawaii in 1947

1948-1949 Director, Program Coordinator Division, National Security Resources Board, Executive Office of the President of the United States

1949-1968 Vice President and Director of Business Research, Bank of Hawaii

1950-1953 Consultant, National Security Resources Board (summer months)

1954? Member, United States Civil Service Commission

1958, 1965 Member, Reserve Bank of New Zealand Mission

1958-1960, 1963-1965 President, Pacific and Asian Affairs Council

1958-1970 Trustee, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Hawaii

1959 Member, Trade missions to Peru and Ecuador, Trade Development Bureau, United States Department of Commerce

1960 Honorary LL.D degree, University of Hawaii

1960-1965 President, University of Hawaii Foundation

1966 Member, Trade missions to Guyana, Surinam and Netherlands Antilles, Trade Development Bureau, United States Department of Commerce

1966-1967 Director, surveys for airlines serving Hawaii

1967, 1970 Consultant and Coordinator for Rehabilitation, Government of Alaska

1968-1969 Vice President, University of Alaska

1970-1971 Consultant on economy of Alaska, Government of Alaska

1971 Author, Growth Potential of the Interiors of Alaska

1983 June 14 Died, Pine Bluff, Arkansas