William F. Willoughby

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. 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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