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Herbert Furth

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Josef Herbert Furth (J. Herbert Furth, October 12, 1899, Vienna, Austria - March 6, 1995, Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States) was Austrian and American jurist and economist.[1]

He was the son of Ernestine von Fürth, née "Kisch", the founder and leader of the women's suffrage movement in Austria.[2]

In 1938, after Austria's annexation to Nazi Germany Furth emigrated to the United States.[1]

Career

Professor of Economics, Lincoln University, Lincoln, PA, 1939–1943; Lecturer at Catholic University, Washington, D.C, 1945–1950; Adjunct Professor (Lecturer) at The American University, Washington, D.C. 1950-1966; Visiting Professor, International University of Luxembourg, 1960; Lecturer at the Foreign Service Institute, 1966-1974.[1]

He served with the Federal Reserve Board as economic specialist (1943–1967), Chief of the Eastern European and Near Eastern Section (1948–1952), Chief of the Western European and Commonwealth Section (1952–1956), Chief of the International Financial Operations Section (1956–1957), Associate Adviser (1957–1960), Adviser and Associate Economist to the Federal Open Market Committee (1961–1964), Consultant (1964–1967).[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d . Herbert Furth Biographical Sketch, M. E. Grenander Department of Special C ollections & Archives / University Libraries / University at Albany / State University of New York
  2. ^ Elisabeth Malleier, "Making the world a better place." Welfare and politics, welfare as politics? Activities of Jewish women in Vienna before 1938, Aschkenas, Volume 16, Issue 1, pp. 261–268