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Durant (E DWARD DANA an American)

E(DWARD) DANA, an American statistician and public official, born in Romeo, Mich., in 1871. He graduated from Oberlin College in 1893, and took post-graduate courses at Cornell University. From 1895 to 1897 he was legislative librarian of the New York State Library, and in 1898-1899 was assistant professor of administration and finance at Leland Stanford, Jr., University. From 1900 to 1902 he was secretary of the United States Industrial Commission. After filling several posts in the government service he was deputy commissioner of corporations from 1907 to 1909. From the latter year to 1913 he was director of the United States Census. He was professor of statistics and agricultural economics at the University of Minnesota from 1913. He wrote extensively on financial matters, and his published writings include "Finances of New York City" (1898); and "The Trust Problem" (1915). He also DURANT contributed many articles on economical and political subjects to economic journals. From 1917 he was assistant head of the Meat Division of the United States Food Administration, at Chicago.