William F. Willoughby

William Franklin Willoughby (1867–1960) was an author of public administration texts including works on budgeting. He often worked with his twin brother, Westel W. Willoughby.

Biography

He was born on 20 July 1867 in Alexandria, Virginia to Westel Willoughby and his wife Jennie.

• Died: 6 May 1960 of a heart attack, Newport News, Virginia
• Graduated from Johns Hopkins University, 1885^[1]
• Siblings: brother, Westel Woodbury Willoughby (1867-1945); sister, Alice Estelle Willoughby^[1]
• Wife: Bessie Talbot (Appleby) Willoughby^[1]

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

External links

• Works by William F. Willoughby at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about William F. Willoughby at Internet Archive