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Carlo Zappia and I have been asking the same question of each other, and
now turn to the list: Daniel Ellsberg graduated from Harvard "under"
John Chipman whom he "acknowledged" in his first academic article in the
Economic Journal (1954, fn. 3). As for his Ph.D Thesis, the 2001 print
(Garland Press) does provide information about who discussed parts of
the thesis (Savage is acknowledged to have had a prominent role), but
there is no mention of Chipman. However none of the people quoted is
indicated as having been the supervisor, nor is there mention of any
committee. My own reading of Samuelson's Harvard thesis shows no mention
of a "supervisor", and no published source indicates any such person, or
committee (although E. B. Wilson is thanked in several places). Which
suggests the question: was it Harvard's practice in the interwar and
immediate postwar period to have Economics dissertations accepted
collectively, with no formal committees, or supervisors? Any information
would be appreciated.
E. Roy Weintraub
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