Johnson, Emory Richard

Johnson, Emory Richard, 1864–1950, American economist, b. Waupun, Wis., Ph.D. Univ. of Pennsylvannia, 1893. He joined the faculty of the Univ. of Pennsylvania in 1893 and was dean of its Wharton School of Finance and Commerce from 1919 to 1933. He served on several government commissions as a transportation expert and wrote many books on the subject.

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