Lauchlin
Currie was born on October 8, 1902, in West Dublin,
Nova Scotia. He attended the London School of Economics
and received his Ph.D. from Harvard University.
Currie was an instructor and tutor at Harvard and
a professor of International Economics at Fletcher
Graduate School. In 1934, he was appointed as an
analyst for the United States Treasury Department,
later becoming Assistant Director of Research and
Statistics for the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System. In 1939, he became an Administrative
Assistant to the President of the United States,
and in 1941, was named head of the Economic Mission
to China. Currie resigned his position with the
Government on June 30, 1945, and opened his own
consulting business.
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