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Leonard P o r t e r COMMITTEE ON THE HISTORY OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM .0/ Fepera Processed* IB Batei 3/27/56 LEOflABD PORTER AIRES The papers nf Loonftrd f># Ayr#Bp school adM.riigtr&tor> eoonomlst, br.nk^r, general in th€^ 0»S, Artfty, #oono»lc adYieer to I KLAH eoaf< raiioci intrt glWQ to ttw Ldbrer7 o^ Gbngrtfi l a hp 195b by Mr» AB4 Mrf« fctOWiyj Burgas©, thw foi^aer & a«pb«>v of ^s and tOQ of MF« V. HandclpH Burgees, Obitf Sacr*'t«i7 ^* th« for Moriftsry Affairs• Leonard Porter Ayres II • 1 * Biographical fiote U79, Sept, 15 Bom, Niimtic, Connecticut 1902 Ph.B., Boston lfoi?» 1902 Te&cher in Puerto Rioo 1903-03 School edminlstrator in Puerto Hico| superintendent^ District of Cagu&s 1903-04i city superintendent of schools, San Juan, 19O4~06| general superintendent of schools, Puerto Rico, and Caief Division of S t a t i s t i c s , 19O6-0S 1908-20 Director, depsrtoents of education and at&tisties, Russell Sage Foundation 1909 M#A., Boston Oniv. 1910 Hi,D,, Boston World War X Director, Division of S t a t i s t i c s , ¥er Industries Board, Priorities Board, Council on national and Allies Purchasing Colonel, General Staff and chief s t a t i s t i c a l officer, 0* S. Ansy. Chief s t a t i s t i c i a n , A» I Chief Statistician, American Commission to Negotiate Peace 1920- Vice President, Cleveland Trust Co* 1924 Economic adviser to B&wes Plan Conference 1940-42 U.S. Army, brig* gen, 1941, retired 1942 1932-41, 1944- Chairman, Economic Policy Comission of A*B. Also chairman of Research Council since 1939 1946, Oct. 29 Died} buried in Arlington National Leonard Porter II -3Biographical Mote (coat*) Author of J Course of Study for Schools of San Juan. 1905* Medical Inspection of Schools (co~mithor)* 1908* Revised 1912. in our Schools* 1909• g Open Air Schoola, 1910, Sgven Grcs-t Fcundstiong, 1911* JBlS. ft*b^c Solioolg of Springfield* I l l i n o i s , 1914The Measurement of Spelling Ability, 1915* gchool Buildings, and Equipment* 1915• Hgfclifr Work in jttie Public Schools, 1915* Child Accounting In. the Public Schools* 1915* Organisation &ad AdKinistrfctiorM 1915* Susamery. of the School Survey of Cleyelftng^ Ohio* Tn& ¥er ¥ i t h GextMOur* 1919* Ind&x Humbert for State School Frice Chfen^e^ &nd Business Prospects* 1921, the Automobile, Industry and itg, future* 1921* Business Recovery Following; Depression* 1922* The Heture mid Status of Business Research* 1922« The Prospects for Building Construction in Economica of RecoYery* 1933* the C-ilef "^feuW of this and Other. Depresaiona* 1935* Inflation, 1936. fuming Points \n Business Cycles, 1939* 8ms Waq Wftg Mho in ^ierlca>t 19^3-50, vol. II* Hcirquls