Douglas M. Greenwald (June 5, 1913,

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) was an economist. He was among the National Association of Business Economists. In 1965 he was elected as a

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Education

He earned a bachelor's degree in economics from

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and his master's and Ph.D. in economics from

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Career

Greenwald joined

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for in 1947 as a staff economist in the magazine division, retiring in 1978 as vice president for economics of the McGraw-Hill Publications Company. In retirement he was an adviser to Japanese executives and government officials as well as editor of the last two editions of the economics encyclopedia. He also wrote and edited seven books and edited the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Modern Economics.

Awards

Japan awarded Greenwald the Third Class of the Order of the Sacred Treasure in 1986.

References

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