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Ripley (WILLIAM ZEBINA an American)

WILLIAM ZEBINA, an American economist, born at Medford, Mass., in 1867. He was educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and at Columbia University. From 1895 to 1901 he was a professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and in 1901 he became professor of political economy at Harvard University. He lectured on sociology at Columbia University from 1893 to 1901; served as expert agent on transportation with the United States Industrial Commission, in 1900-1; and was the Huxley memorial lecturer at the Royal Anthropological Institute, London, England, in 1908. He was a member of numerous American and foreign scientific societies and twice vice-president of the American Economic Association. During the World War he served in the War Department as administrator of labor standards for army clothing, and in 1919 was chairman of the National Adjustment Commission of the United States Shipping Board. He published, besides many articles in peri- RIPON RITSCHL odicals, the following books: "Financial structors. President, H. C. Culbertson, History of Virginia" (1890); "The Races of Europe" (1900); "Trusts, Pools and Corporations" (1905); "Railway Problems" (1907); "Railroads: Rates and Regulation" (1912); "Railroads - Finance and Organization" (1914); "Special Report U. S. Eight-Hour Commission on Trainmen's Schedules and Agreements" (1917). He also edited "Selections and Documents in Economics," in 10 volumes.