John Whitefield Kendrick

John Whitefield Kendrick
Born(1917-07-27)27 July 1917
Brooklyn, New York
Died17 November 2009(2009-11-17) (aged 92)
Arlington, Virginia
NationalityAmerican
Alma materGeorge Washington University
Scientific career
FieldsEconomics, Statistics
InstitutionsGeorge Washington University
Doctoral studentsCarol S. Carson

John Whitefield Kendrick (July 27, 1917, Brooklyn – November 17, 2009, Arlington, Virginia) was a pioneer in productivity measurement and economic accounting.[1][2]

Kendrick worked as an economist from 1946 to 1953 at the Office of Business Economics, the predecessor to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, and from 1955 to 1988 as a professor at George Washington University.[1] In 1963 he was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.[3]

  1. ^ a b An Appreciation of John W. Kendrick at bea.gov
  2. ^ T. Rees Shapiro. John W. Kendrick dies; GWU professor, Commerce chief economist. Washington Post. 10 Dec 2009.
  3. ^ View/Search Fellows of the ASA Archived 2016-06-16 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 2016-07-23.