Edwin Francis Gay who graduated in 1890 at the University of Michigan

University of Michigan

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, was an economist

Economist

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 and publisher. In 1902 he received his PhD from the University of Berlin

Humboldt University of Berlin

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. Later in 1902, replacing William Ashley, he became instructor, then, in 1903, assistant professor, and, in 1906, professor in the chair of economic history at Harvard. He was the first dean of the Harvard Business School

Harvard Business School

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 from 1908-1919. He was president of the New York Evening Post

New York Post

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from 1920-1923.

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