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Leonard Porter Ayres COMMITTEE ON THE HISTORY OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Register of Papers Processed: IB Date: 3/27/56 LEONARD PORTER AYRES (1879 - 1946) The papers of Leonard P. Ayres, school administrator, economist, banker, general in the U.S. Army, economic adviser to the Daves Plan conference, were given to the Library of Congress in March, 1956 by Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Burgess, the former a nephew of Mr. Ayres and son of Mr. V. Randolph Burgess, Under Secretary of the Treasury for Monetary Affairs. f Leonard Porter Ayres - 2 - II Biographical Note 1879, Sept. 15 Born, Niantic, Connecticut Unmarried 1902 Ph.B., Boston Univ. 1902 Teacher in Puerto Rico 1903-03 School administrator in Pu tendent, District of Caguas 1903-04; citysuperintendent of schools, San Juan, 1904-06; general superintendent of schools, Puerto Rico, and Chief Division of Statistics, 1906-08 1908-20 Director, departments of education and statistics, Russell Sage Foundation 1909 M.A., Boston Univ. 1910 Ph.D., Boston Univ. World War I Director, Division of Statistics, War Industries Board, Priorities Board, Council on National Defense and Allies Purchasing Committee Colonel, General Staff and chief statistical officer, U. S. Army. Chief statistician, A.E.F. Chief Statistician, American Commission to Negotiate Peace 1920- Vice President, Cleveland Trust Co. 1924 Economic adviser to Dawes Plan Conference 1940-42 U.S. Army, brig. gen. 1941, retired 1942 1932-41, 1944- Chairman, Economic Policy Commission of A.B.A. Also chairman of Research Council since 1939 1946, Oct. 29 Died; buried in Arlington National Cemetery Leonard Porter Ayres II - 3Biographical Note (cont.) Author of: Course of Study for Schools of San Juan. 190$. Medical Inspection of Schools (co-author)• 1908, Revised 1912. Laggards in our Schools. 1909* Open Air Schools. 1910. Seven Great Foundations* 1 9 U . The Public Schools of Springfield, Illinois, 19±4-. The Measurement of Spelling Ability. 1915• School Buildings and Equipment. 1915* Health Work in the Public Schools. 1915. Child Accounting intiie.Public Schools. 1915. Organization and Admini stration. 1915. Summary of the School Survey of Cleveland, Ohio. 1916. The War With Germany. 1919. Index Numbers for State School Systems. 1920. Price Changes and Business Prospects. 1921. The Automobile Industry and its Future. 1921. Business Recovery Following Depression. 1922. The Nature and Status of Business Research. 1922. The Prospects for Building Construction in American Cities. 1922. Economics of Recovery. 1933• The Chief Cause of This and Other Depressions. 1935. Inflation. 1936. Turning Points in Business Cycles. 1939. See: Who Was Who in America, 194-3-50, vol. II, Marquis
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