Forging Ahead in Business

by Alexander Hamilton Institute

ADVISORY COUNCIL

The Advisory Council has general supervision and direction of the policies and activities of the Institute.

Joseph French Johnson, D.C.S., LL.D.	Dean, New York University School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance
Graduated Harvard University, 1878; studied political science and economics in Europe; began newspaper work on the Springfield Republican, 1881; moved to Chicago, 1883, and became financial editor of the Chicago Tribune; established the Spokane (Wash.) Spokesman, 1890, sold his interest, 1893, and became Professor of Finance in the University of Pennsylvania; appointed Professor of Political Economy in New York University, 1901; Dean of the School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance since 1903; Secretary of the Special Currency Committee of the New York Chamber of Commerce in 1906; appointed by the National Monetary Commission to investigate and report on the Canadian banking system, 1909; Treasurer of the Economic Club of New York since 1908; Director of the Merchants' Association of New York since 1908; received degree of Doctor of Commercial Science from Union College, 1909; member, New York Chamber of Commerce; member of Mayor Gaynor's Commission on New Sources of Revenue for New York City, 1912; member of Van Tuyl Commission to Revise the Banking Law of State of New York, 1913; received degree of Doctor of Laws from Hobart College, 1915; author of "Money and Currency," and "Syllabus of Money and Banking," and author of the Modern Business Text on "Business and the Man" and "Economics—the Science of Business."
Frank A. Vanderlip, A.M., LL.D.	Financier
Educated at the Universities of Illinois and of Chicago; after his graduation reporter on the Chicago Tribune, and later financial editor; also part owner and associate editor of the Chicago Economist; became private secretary to Secretary of the Treasury Gage, March, 1897; appointed Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, June, 1897; appointed Vice-President of the National City Bank of New York, 1901; delegate to the International Conference of Commerce and Industry held at Ostend, Belgium, 1902; served as President of the National City Bank of New York, 1909-1919; member, New York Chamber of Commerce; trustee, Carnegie Foundation; member of the Council of New York University; Director, Union Pacific Railroad Company, and of various industrial and banking corporations; author of "Chicago Street Railways," "The American Invasion of Europe" and "Business and Education"; Chairman, Board of Directors, American International Corporation.
Jeremiah W. Jenks, Ph.D., LL.D.	Research Professor of Government and Public Administration, New York University
Graduated University of Michigan, 1878; admitted to the Michigan Bar; graduate student, receiving degree of Ph.D., University of Halle, 1885; Professor of Political Science, Knox College, 1886-1889; Professor of Political Economy, Indiana University, 1889-1891; Professor of Political Economy and Politics, Cornell University, 1891-1912; Professor of Government and Director of the Division of Public Affairs, New York University, 1912-1918; President of the American Economic Association, 1906-1908; expert agent of United States Industrial Commission engaged in the investigation of trusts and industrial combinations in the United States and Europe, 1889-1901; expert adviser to the United States Department of Labor, 1901-1902; special commissioner of the United States War Department to investigate questions of currency, labor and taxation in the Orient, 1901-1902; special expert on currency reform for the Government of Mexico, 1903; member of the commission on International Exchange to advise government of China on Currency, 1903-1904; Director of the Far Eastern Bureau, since 1913; member of the United States Immigration Commission, 1907-1910; member, High Commission of Nicaragua, since 1918; author of "The Trust Problem," "The Immigration Problem," "Citizenship and the Schools," "Great Fortunes—the Winning, the Using," "The Principles of Politics," "Great American Issues" (written with John Hays Hammond), and of numerous government reports; and author of the Modern Business Text on "Business and the Government."
T. Coleman duPont, D.C.S.	Business Executive
Educated at Urbana University, Chauncy Hall School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology; later Surveyor for the Louisville & Southern Exposition and Engineer for the Central Coal & Iron Company; afterward engaged in extensive coal and iron mining, construction and management of public utilities; for thirteen years President of E. I. duPont de Nemours Powder Company; President, Central Coal & Iron Company; President, McHenry Coal Company; President, Johnson Coal Company; President, Main Jellico Mountain Coal Company; President, Johnstown Passenger Railway Company; Vice-President, Greeley Square Hotel Company; Director, Union National Bank of Wilmington; Director, Empire Trust Company; Director, National Surety Company; member, Republican National Committee; Chairman, Republican State Committee of Delaware, 1904. Launched a comprehensive plan for remodeling Central City. Chairman of the Inter-Racial Council. Interested in one of the largest hotel companies in America, controlling Waldorf-Astoria, Claridge, McAlpin, New Willard. New York University, D.C.S., 1919.
John Hays Hammond, D.Sc., LL.D.	Consulting Engineer
Educated in public and private schools; graduated from Sheffield Scientific School (Yale), 1876; appointed by the United States Geological Survey in 1880 to examine California and Mexican gold fields; consulting engineer to Union Iron Works, San Francisco, and to Central and Southern Pacific Railroads; has made extensive examinations of properties in all parts of the world; became consulting engineer for Barnato Bros. in 1893 and later for Cecil Rhodes, with whom he was closely associated,; consulting engineer, Consolidated Gold Fields Co. of South Africa and the Randfontein Estates Gold Mining Co.; was one of the four leaders in reform movement in the Transvaal, 1895-1896; after varied experience in London, he returned to the United States and became associated with some of the most important financial groups in this country, purchasing and promoting mining properties in this country and Mexico; lecturer at Columbia, Harvard, Yale and Johns Hopkins Universities; President of the National Republican League; President, American Institute of Mining Engineers; Fellow A.A.A.S.; member National Civic Federation, and other civic and political bodies; contributor to many scientific magazines; appointed by President Taft as special ambassador and representative of the President at the Coronation of King George V; President of the World Court Congress. Honorary degrees: Yale, A.M., 1898; Stevens Institute of Technology, D.E., 1906; St. John's College, LL.D., 1907; University of Pittsburgh, D.Sc., 1915; collaborator on the Modern Business Text "Business and the Government."