Walter W. Stewart

Stewart graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Missouri in 1909. He was a professor of economics at the University of Missouri, the University of Michigan and Amherst College.{{cite journal|title=The Mysterious Career of Walter W. Stewart, Especially 1922–1930|author=William P. Yohe|journal=History of Political Economy|volume= 14. Winter 1982|issue=4|publisher=Duke University Press|pages=583–607|doi=10.1215/00182702-14-4-583|year=1982}} He joined the faculty of the School of Economics and Politics at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) on September 1, 1938, and remained there until his death in 1958.

During World War I, Stewart was a staff member in the planning and statistics division of the War Industries Board.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NqZOAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA25 |title=Members of the War Industries Board Organization |date=1919 |page=25 |publisher=Government Printing Office |location=Washington, D.C. |access-date=2024-02-08}} In 1922, he joined the Federal Reserve Board as Director of Research where he served as a mentor to Emanuel Goldenweiser and built a bridge between the statistics division and central bank policy.Goldenweiser, Emanuel Alexandrovich. American monetary policy. Vol. 17. McGraw-Hill, 1951. p.101

He was an economic advisor to the Bank of England from 1928 to 1930, the first American to serve in that capacity.{{Cite journal|last1=Cole|first1=Arthur H.|last2=Masson|first2=Robert L.|last3=Williams|first3=John H.|date=1954|title=Erratum|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1810812|journal=The American Economic Review|volume=44|issue=3|pages=396|jstor=1810812|issn=0002-8282}}

During World War II members of the IAS School of Economics and Politics did important war work.[https://library.ias.edu/files/pdfs/bulletins/Bulletin11.pdf IAS Institute for Advanced Study (1945). Bulletin No. 11 : School Of Economics And Politics] In 1944 Stewart along with IAS colleague Robert B. Warren worked for the Treasury Department in Washington, advising them on the relation between fiscal operations and the banking system. He served on President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Council of Economic Advisers from 1953 to 1955.

In 1927 he was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.[http://www.amstat.org/awards/fellowslist.cfm View/Search Fellows of the ASA], accessed 2016-07-23. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1943.{{Cite web |title=APS Member History |url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=Walter+W.+Stewart&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=search.amphilsoc.org}}

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• [https://www.ias.edu/people/cos/users/wstewart01 Home page of Walter Stewart at The Institute for Advanced Study]
• {{cite web|title= Walter W. Stewart|url=https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?searchType=facetSearch&page=1&sd=1900&ed=1960&Query=au%3A%22Walter%20W.%20Stewart%22%20&group=none&acc=off&wc=on&fc=off|publisher=JSTOR}}
• {{cite book|author=Walter W. Stewart|title=Monetary policy and economic prosperity: testimony of Dr. W. W. Stewart before the Macmillan Committee, July 3-4, 1930|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dJUSAQAAMAAJ|year=1950|publisher=American Enterprise Association}}

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