Nicholls, William Hord, 1914-1978 (Personal Name)

His A theoretical analysis of imperfect competition, 1941.

White House Photographs ... President John F. Kennedy with National Advisory Committee on Manpower Development and Training, September 27, 1962: (Dr. William H. Nicholls, Chairman of the Department of Economics and Business Administration at Vanderbilt University and member of the U.S. Department of Labor's National Advisory Committee on Manpower Development and Training, met with President John F. Kennedy at the White House on September 27, 1962) https://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/Archives/JFKWHP-ST-409-1-62.aspx

Vanderbilt University College of Arts and Science Department of Economics WWW site, October 5, 2016: People ... In Memoriam (William H. Nicholls; professor; agricultural economist; born in Lexington, Kentucky on July 19, 1914; died in Nashville on August 4, 1978; did his undergraduate work at the University of Kentucky and graduate work at Harvard University, where he received his Ph.D. in 1941; doctoral dissertation, published that same year, on Imperfect Competition Within Agricultural Industries; began his teaching career at Iowa State University in 1938 and moved to the University of Chicago in 1945; editor of the Journal of Political Economy; Nicholls came to Vanderbilt as a full professor in 1948; was president of the Southern Economic Association in 1958-59 and president of the American Farm Economic Association in 1960-61; he chaired the Department of Economics and Business Administration from 1958 to 1961 and directed the Graduate Center for Latin American Studies at Vanderbilt from 1965 to 1977; also known as Bill) http://as.vanderbilt.edu/econ/people/in-memoriam.php

Findagrave.com, October 5, 2016 (William Hord Nicholls; b. 1914; d. 1978; spouse: Elizabeth B. Burwell Nicholls; child: David Elliot Nicholls; burial: Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Kentucky) http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=42914922

SSDI via Ancestry.com, October 5, 2016 (William Nicholls; b. July 19, 1914; d. August 1978)

New Hampshire, Marriage and Divorce Records, 1659-1947 via Ancestry.com, October 5, 2016 (William Hord Nicholls; occupation: agricultural economist; m. Elizabeth Banfield Burwell, September 5, 1936 in Tuftonboro, New Hampshire)

Who's Who in America, vol. 33, 1964-1965: (William Hord Nicholls; b. July 19, 1914, Lexington, Kentucky; A.B. University of Kentucky, 1934; MA, 1938, and PhD, 1941, at Harvard; post-grad at University of Chicago, 1941-1942; m. Elizabeth B. Burwell Nicholls, September 5, 1936; children: David Elliot and Dorothy Louise; editor, Journal of Political Economy 1946-48 and Journal of Farm Economics 1958-60; economist, Turkish Mission of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development)

Tennessean via Newspapers.com, October 5, 2016: obituary, August 6, 1978 (Dr. William H. Nicholls, professor of economics and director of the Latin American Center at Vanderbilt, died Thursday, August 3, 1978, while vacationing in Mirror Lake, New Hampshire; he served as a member of the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences from 1970-1973; other positions he held included the President's Council of Economic Advisers, the Turkish Mission of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and the Getulio Vargas Foundation; his first wife, the former Elizabeth Banfield Burwell, died in 1969; second wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Carr Foote Nicholls) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/111296139/

University of Kentucky Alumni Association ... Hall of Distinguished Alumni WWW site, October 5, 2016 (William Hord Nicholls; b. July 19, 1914, Lexington, Kentucky; d. August 3, 1978; was instructor, assistant professor and associate professor of economics, Iowa State College, 1938-44; assistant professor of economics, University of Chicago, 1945-48, and went to Vanderbilt University as a professor of economics in 1948; became Chairman of the Department of Economics and Business Administration there in 1958, serving until 1961; from 1965-77, he was Director of the Graduate Center for Latin American Studies at Vanderbilt, and was Harvie Branscomb Distinguished Professor at Vanderbilt, 1973-74; economist, Executive Office of the President, Council of Economic Advisers, Washington; consultant on Latin America, Ford Foundation, Brazil and New York; agricultural economist, Fundacao Getulio Vargas, Rio de Janeiro ) http://www.ukalumni.net/s/1052/semi-blank-noimg.aspx?sid=1052&gid=1&pgid=913

Knight Funeral Homes & Crematory ... Obituaries WWW site, October 5, 2016: obituary for Elizabeth Carr Foote Nicholls, February 12, 2011 (William Hord Nicholls, also known as Bill, married Elizabeth Carr Foote in 1970; they traveled extensively with long periods spent in Brazil, where Bill pursued research in agricultural economics; vacationed every summer at Little Birch Island in Lake Winnipesaukee, where Bill died unexpectedly in July, 1978) http://www.knightfuneralhomes.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=1074534&fh_id=12258

William Hord Nicholls, also known as Bill Nicholls (b. July 19, 1914, Lexington, Kentucky-d. August 3, 1978, Mirror Lake, New Hampshire), educator and agricultural economist, graduated from the University of Kentucky with an A.B. in 1934. Nicholls went on to earn his M.A., 1938, and Ph.D., 1941, degrees at Harvard University, and did post-doctoral work as a Fellow at the University of Chicago from 1941 to 1942. His doctoral dissertation, published in 1941, on Imperfect Competition Within Agricultural Industries, established his reputation as one of the country's leading agricultural economists. Dr. Nicholls began his teaching career at Iowa State University in 1938, as instructor, assistant professor and then associate professor of economics. He moved on to the University of Chicago in 1945, as assistant professor of economics, before arriving at Vanderbilt University as a full professor of economics in 1948. At Vanderbilt, he became Chairman of the Department of Economics and Business Administration in 1958, serving until 1961, was Director of the Graduate Center for Latin American Studies from 1965 to 1977, and Harvie Branscomb Distinguished Professor from 1973 to 1974. He also served as president of the Southern Economic Association, 1958-1959, and president of the American Farm Economic Association, 1960-1961. He was editor of the Journal of Political Economy, 1946-1948, and the Journal of Farm Economics, 1958-1960. His expertise in the area of farm economics has been recognized by governmental agencies, committees, and advisory boards, including service to the President's Council of Economic Advisers, 1953-1954; the National Advisory Committee on Manpower Development and Training, 1962; and the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, 1970-1973. His research and professional associations in the field of agricultural economics also extended beyond the United States. He was an economist for the Turkish Mission of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Fundacao Getulio Vargas, Rio de Janeiro (Getulio Vargas Foundation), and served as a consultant on Latin America for the Ford Foundation in Brazil and New York, 1960-1964. Dr. Nicholls was married twice, and had two children: David Elliot and Dorothy Louise. His first wife, Elizabeth Banfield Burwell, whom he married on September 5, 1936, in Tuftonboro, New Hampshire, died in 1969. He married Elizabeth Carr Foote in 1970. Dr. Nicholls is buried at Lexington Cemetery in Lexington, Kentucky.