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'''Professor Edward Sagendorph Mason''' was a [[US]] economist.
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'''Professor Edward Sagendorph Mason''' was a [[US]] economist who worked at [[Harvard]] for 63 years, from the early [[1920s]] until [[1970]], specializing in [[Industrial Organization]].
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==Career==
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Mason first arrived at Harvard in [[1919]], but moved on to three years at [[Oxford]] after only one year. He returned to Harvard in [[1923]]. With time out during the [[Second World War]], he remained at Harvard for the next sixty-three years.<ref name=square/>
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In 1941 Mason and his colleague and old friend, [[William Langer]], went to [[Washington]] to help organize the research and analysis branch of what originally was the Office of the Coordinator of Information, later the [[Office of Strategic Services]]. The economic division that he created had an enormous range of activity, focusing primarily on the German and [[Japanese]] economic ability to make war and on the American capacity to affect this ability through [[blockade]], bombing and [[sabotage]]. to this office Mason attracted some of the ablest economists of that generation.<ref name=square>https://www.harvardsquarelibrary.org/biographies/edward-s-mason/</ref>
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In [[1946]] he was one of the authors of the speech of Secretary of State [[James Byrnes]] in which the Secretary announced the return of responsibility for the German economy to the Germans.<ref name=square/>
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From 1947 to 1958, he was Dean of what is now the [[Harvard Kennedy School of Government]].<ref name=square/>
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In [[1954]] Ed Mason directed an eight person team that drew up a development plan for [[Pakistan]], and in [[1958]] he conducted a similar exercise for [[Iran]]. The Pakistan involvement led to the creation the [[Mason Fellows]] program, a  mid-career program for government officials from developing countries, and the [[Harvard Institute for International Development]].<ref name=square/>
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Latest revision as of 06:27, 14 January 2025

Person.png Edward MasonRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(economist)
Edward Mason.jpg
BornFebruary 22, 1899
Iowa, USA
DiedFebruary 29, 1992 (Age 93)
California, US
NationalityUS
Alma materUniversity of Kansas, Harvard University, Lincoln College (Oxford)
Member ofOffice of Strategic Services, Rhodes Scholar/1919
Spooky US economist specializing in Industrial Organization. Organized WW2 OSS research and analysis branch. Dean of Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Attended the 1956, 1963 and 1966 Bilderberg.

Professor Edward Sagendorph Mason was a US economist who worked at Harvard for 63 years, from the early 1920s until 1970, specializing in Industrial Organization.

Career

Mason first arrived at Harvard in 1919, but moved on to three years at Oxford after only one year. He returned to Harvard in 1923. With time out during the Second World War, he remained at Harvard for the next sixty-three years.[1]

In 1941 Mason and his colleague and old friend, William Langer, went to Washington to help organize the research and analysis branch of what originally was the Office of the Coordinator of Information, later the Office of Strategic Services. The economic division that he created had an enormous range of activity, focusing primarily on the German and Japanese economic ability to make war and on the American capacity to affect this ability through blockade, bombing and sabotage. to this office Mason attracted some of the ablest economists of that generation.[1]

In 1946 he was one of the authors of the speech of Secretary of State James Byrnes in which the Secretary announced the return of responsibility for the German economy to the Germans.[1]

From 1947 to 1958, he was Dean of what is now the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.[1]

In 1954 Ed Mason directed an eight person team that drew up a development plan for Pakistan, and in 1958 he conducted a similar exercise for Iran. The Pakistan involvement led to the creation the Mason Fellows program, a mid-career program for government officials from developing countries, and the Harvard Institute for International Development.[1]


 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/195611 May 195613 May 1956Denmark
Fredensborg
The 4th Bilderberg meeting, with 147 guests, in contrast to the generally smaller meetings of the 1950s. Has two Bilderberg meetings in the years before and after
Bilderberg/196329 March 196331 March 1963France
Cannes
Hotel Martinez
The 12th Bilderberg meeting and the second one in France.
Bilderberg/196625 March 196627 March 1966Germany
Wiesbaden
Hotel Nassauer Hof
Top of the agenda of the 15th Bilderberg in Wiesbaden, Germany, was the restructuring of NATO. Since this discussion was held, all permanent holders of the position of NATO Secretary General have attended at least one Bilderberg conference prior to their appointment.
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