Frederick H. Harbison

Frederick H. Harbison
Born	(1912-12-18)December 18, 1912 Sewickley, Pennsylvania
Died	May 4, 1976(1976-05-04)(aged 63)
Nationality	American
Academic career
Field	Labor economics
Institutions	Princeton University University of Chicago
Alma mater	Princeton University
Doctoral advisor	David Aloysious McCabe
Doctoral students	Albert Rees

Frederick Harris Harbison(December 18, 1912 – April 5, 1976) was an American labor economist and Professor of Labor Economics atPrinceton University.He was known for his 1959 studyManagement in the industrial worldand other works on labor and management.

Harbison was born inSewickley, Pennsylvaniato Ralph and Helen Harbison. His father was a brick manufacturer. He obtained his AB in economics in 1934 from Princeton University, where in 1940 he obtained his PhD with a thesis on labor relations in the iron and steel industry.

InWorld War IIHarbison served in theWar Production Board,at theWar Labor Board,at thePetroleum Administration for War,and at theArmy Service Forces.In 1945 he started his academic career as Professor of Economics at theUniversity of Chicago.In 1955 he moved toPrinceton University,where he was Professor of Economics and International Affairs until 1976. He also served as a Member of theOrganization of American StatesTask Force on Education, Science, and Culture in theJohn F. Kennedyadministration in 1962. he was elected to theAmerican Philosophical Societyin 1969.

Selected publications

• Harbison, Frederick Harris, andCharles Andrew Myers.Management in the industrial world: An international analysis.New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1959.
• Kerr, Clark,John T. Dunlop,and Frederick H. Harbison.Industrialism and industrial man: The problems of labor and management in economic growth.Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1960.
• Harbison, Frederick Harris, andCharles Andrew Myers.Education, manpower, and economic growth: Strategies of human resource development. Tata McGraw-Hill Education, 1964.
• Harbison, Frederick Harris.Human resources as the wealth of nations. Vol. 3.New York: Oxford University Press, 1973.

Articles, a selection

• Kerr, C.,Harbison, F. H.,Dunlop, J. T.,&Myers, C. A.(1960). "Industrialism and industrial man."Int'l Lab. Rev.,82, 236.
• Harbison, Frederick, andCharles A. Myers."Management in the industrial world."The International Executive2.1 (1960): 9–10.'