William Franklin Willoughby (born 1867 in Alexandria, Virginia – died 1960) was an author of public administration texts including works on budgeting. He often worked with his twin brother, Westel W. Willoughby.

He graduated from Johns Hopkins University, 1885[1]

Family

Wife: Bessie Talbot (Appleby) Willoughby[1] Siblings: brother, Westel Woodbury Willoughby (1867–1945); sister, Alice Estelle Willoughby[1]

Biography

He was born on 20 July 1867 in Alexandria, Virginia to Westel Willoughby and his wife Jennie.

Leadership Positions

  • Statistical expert for U.S. Department of Labor, 1885[1]
  • Member of International Jury of Awards, Paris Exposition of 1900[1]
  • Instructor of economics at Harvard, 1901[1]
  • First Director of Brookings Institution
  • Treasurer, secretary, and president of Executive Council of Puerto Rico of the Island of Puerto Rico, appointed Nov. 9 1901 by President Theodore Roosevelt, 1901–1909[1][2]
  • Assistant director of U.S. Census, 1910[1]
  • Member of U.S. Commission of Economy and Efficiency in Government[1]
  • McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton, 1912[1]
  • Deputy legal advisor to president of China, 1914–1916[1]
  • Director of the Institute for Government Research, 1916–1932[1]
  • President of the American Political Science Association, 1931–1932
  • Consultant to the Library of Congress, 1940–1944[1]

Publications

  • The Government of Modern States, The Century Co., 1919
  • Government Organization in War Time and After: A Survey of the Federal Civil Agencies Created for the Prosecution of the War, 1919
  • The National Budget System, With Suggestions for Its Improvement, The Johns Hopkins Press, 1927
  • Financial Condition and Operations of the National Government 1921–1930, The Brookings Institution, 1931
  • The Movement for Budgetary Reform in the States, D. Appleton and Co. NY. 1918

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, The College of William and Mary in Virginia
  2. ↑ The New York Times, 10 Nov. 1901
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