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Rowe (LEO S an American economist)

LEO S., an American economist and public official, born in McGregor, Iowa, in 1871. He was educated at the Central High School of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Halle. He also received honorary degrees from several South American universities. From 1895 to 1896 he was instructor in municipal government, from 1896 to 1904 assistant professor of political science, and from 1904 to 1917 professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania. He was a member of the commission to revise and compile the laws at Porto Rico (1900-1901); a United States delegate to the Third International Conference of American States at Rio Janeiro (1906); chairman of the United States delegation to the First Pan-American Scientific Congress, Santiago, Chile (1908); a member of the United States- Panama Claims Commission