----------------- HES POSTING ----------------- My notes from _Breaking the Academic Mould: Economists and American Higher Learning in the 19th Century_ (ed. William Barber) tell me that the first chair in Political Economy in the US was established in 1871, at Harvard. I didn't note the chairholder, but I think it may have been Charles F. Dunbar. Heath Pearson UC Berkeley ------------ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ------------ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]