Alice Elizabeth Bourneuf (1912–1980) was an American economist and educator. She is known for her knowledge of international monetary policy and her contributions to the organization of the Marshall Plan.
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| Born | Alice Elizabeth Bourneuf October 2, 1912 Haverhill, Massachusetts |
| Died | December 7, 1980 (aged 68) Boston, Massachusetts |
| Alma mater | Radcliffe College |
| Occupation(s) | Economist, educator |
Biography
editBourneuf was born on October 2, 1912, in Haverhill, Massachusetts.[1] She attended Radcliffe College where she earned her A.B. in 1933, Radcliffe Graduate School earning her M.A. in 1939 and her Ph.D. in 1955. Her classates included John Kenneth Galbraith, Richard Musgraven and Paul Samuelson.[2]
After receiving her M.A., Bourneuf held a research fellowship in Belgium to study trade issues. She was forced to return to the United States due to the German invasion of Belgium.[2] She settled in Washington, DC where she worked for the Federal Reserve Board and the International Monetary Fund.[1] Bourneuf attended the Bretton Woods Conference in 1944. She spent 1948 though 1953 in Europe where she worked as a senior economist at the Marshall Plan organization.[2]
Bourneuf embarked on a teaching career full-time in 1954. She taught at Mount Holyoke College, the University of California, Berkeley and then Boston College (BC). In 1959 she became the first woman to hold a tenured position at BC's College of Arts and Sciences. She retired in 1977 as economics professor emeritus.[3][4]
She died on December 7, 1980, in Boston, Massachusetts.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b Collier, Irwin (6 June 2018). "Harvard. Economics Ph.D. Alumna Alice Bourneuf, 1955". Economics in the Rear-View Mirror. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ a b c Williamson, Susan (2000). "Bourneuf, Alice Elizabeth". American National Biography. doi:10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1500993. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "Dr. Alice E. Bourneuf, senior economist for the post-World... - UPI Archives". UPI. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Alice Bourneuf, professor emeritus, dies Instrumental in shaping economics department". Boston College Biweekly, Volume 1, Number 8 — 18 December 1980. Boston College Newspapers. Retrieved 4 August 2024.