Paul Thomas Homan (1893–1969) was an American economist, professor of economics at

Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to teach an ...

from 1929 to 1947.

Early life

Homan was born in

Indianola, Iowa Indianola is a city in Warren County, Iowa, United States, located south of downtown Des Moines, Iowa. The population was 15,833 at the time of the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Warren County. Indianola is home to the National Balloon ...

. Homan earned bachelor's degrees from Willamette College, and with a Rhodes Scholarship, the

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

, graduating in 1919. He earned a PhD at the

Brookings Institution The Brookings Institution, often stylized as simply Brookings, is an American research group founded in 1916. Located on Think Tank Row in Washington, D.C., the organization conducts research and education in the social sciences, primarily in ec ...

in 1926.

Career

Homan was instructor in economics at

Washington University in St. Louis Washington University in St. Louis (WashU or WUSTL) is a private research university with its main campus in St. Louis County, and Clayton, Missouri. Founded in 1853, the university is named after George Washington. Washington University is r ...

(1923–25), Assistant Professor of Economics at the

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...

(1926–27), Assistant Professor of Economics (1927–29) and Professor (1929-47) at

. From 1941 to 1952, he was managing editor of the

American Economic Review The ''American Economic Review'' is a monthly peer-reviewed academic journal published by the American Economic Association. First published in 1911, it is considered one of the most prestigious and highly distinguished journals in the field of ec ...

. His papers are held at the

University of Sussex , mottoeng = Be Still and Know , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £14.4 million (2020) , budget = £319.6 million (2019–20) , chancellor = Sanjeev Bhaskar , vice_chancellor = Sasha Roseneil , ...

, England, and were donated in 1969 by his wife, Matilda Etches Homan.

Publications

*''Contemporary economic thought'' (1928)

Personal life

In 1950, he married British fashion designer Matilda Etches, her second marriage.

References

Cornell University faculty 1893 births 1969 deaths Willamette University alumni Alumni of the University of Oxford Washington University in St. Louis faculty University of California, Berkeley College of Letters and Science faculty People from Indianola, Iowa Economics journal editors 20th-century American economists American Rhodes Scholars Economists from Iowa American Economic Review editors {{US-economist-stub