Name
Stone, Jack I (Interviewee)
Weiss, Thomas G. (Thomas George), 1946- (Interviewer)
Title
Oral history interview with Jack I. Stone, 2002
Abstract
Background and childhood: born St. Paul, Minnesota, 1920, parents emigrated from Lithuania, relocated to Seattle, Washington; education: high school in Kansas City, Missouri, Junior College of Kansas City, B.A., Political Science University of Chicago, 1939-1941, Ph.D., Economics, Littauer School, Harvard University 1954-1959; career: Cook County Civil Service Commission Project, Social Security Ad ministration in Chicago, 1941; Illinois Post-War Planning Commission; Federal Security Agency of Chicago, US military analyst, Berlin, 1946-1949 and Frankfurt, Germany, 1949-1951; analyst for Marshall Plan, Frankfurt, 1949-1951 and Bonn, Germany, 1951-1954, analyst for Fomento Economica, 1959-1960, Puerto Rico, analyst, Social Research Incorporated [SRI] 1959-1960, Puerto Rico; professor, University of Minnesota; North Star Research and Development Institute, 1963, Minnesota; senior economist and author of "Loan Terms, Debt Burden, and Development", US Agency for International Development [USAID], 1963-1966, Washington, D.C., Head of Financial Policies Division, Organization of Economic Co-Operation and Development [OECD], Paris; director of research, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development [UNCTAD], 1970-1977, Geneva, Director of Special Program on Least Developed, Land-Locked and Island Developing Countries UNCTAD, 1977-1981, Geneva; personal: account of Great Depression, account of post-war Germany, international relations and politics, focus on least-developed nations
Collection Name
United Nations intellectual history project (UNIHP)
Subjects
Landlocked states; International economic relations; Depressions--1929; Developing countries Economic conditions; Stone, Jack I; United Nations Officials and employees; United Nations History; United Nations Conference on Trade and Development; United States. Agency for International Development
Format
oral histories; sound recordings
Genre
Interviews
Date
2002
Note (Biographical)
Economist, Analyst
Note
Interviewed by Thomas G. Weiss on February 12, 2002
Note (Provenance)
Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, Gift, 2009
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content
Catalog Record
13685455
Also In
Oral History Archives at Columbia
Time-Based Media
Time-Based Media
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-w4jp-rp82
Related URLs
Available digital content for this interview.