Roger Babson AKA Roger Ward Babson Born: 6-Jul-1875 Birthplace: Gloucester, MA Died: 5-Mar-1967 Location of death: Mountain Lake, FL Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Economist Nationality: United States Executive summary: Founder of Babson College Founded the Business Statistical Organization in 1904, selling business and investment information to companies. In 1929 Babson correctly predicted the stock market crash. He was 1940 candidate for US presidency for the Prohibition Party. In 1948 he founded the Gravity Research Foundation. He felt that gravity waves should somehow be harnessed, and that this important force of nature was not being properly exploited. Founder of Babson College and Webber International University. Father: Nathaniel Babson Mother: Ellen Starns Wife: Grace Margaret Knight (m. 29-Mar-1900, d. 1956, one daughter) Daughter: Edith Low Babson (b. 6-Dec-1903) Wife: Nona M. Dougherty (d. 1963)
University: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1898) Administrator: Founder, Babson College (1919) Administrator: Founder, Webber International University (1927)
Gravity Research Foundation Founder (1948)
Business Statistical Organization Founder (1904)
Risk Factors: Tuberculosis
Author of books:
Why Are We Fighting? (1917) Washington and the Revolutionists (1934) Actions and Reactions (1935, memoir) Can These Dry Bones Live? (1945, with D. Zuver)
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