W. Braddock Hickman

Infobox Person
name = W. Braddock Hickman

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birth_date = 1911
birth_place = Baltimore, Maryland
death_date = death date|1970|11|28
death_place = Cleveland, Ohio
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occupation = Banker
alma_mater = University of Richmond
Johns Hopkins University
nationality = flag|United States

Walter Braddock Hickman (1911 – November 28, 1970) was President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland from May 1, 1963 to November 28, 1970 (died in office).

A native of Baltimore, Maryland, Hickman graduated from the University of Richmond and earned his Ph.D. in economics from Johns Hopkins University in 1937. He was a member of the faculties of Princeton University, Rutgers University, and the Institute for Advanced Study. During World War II, he was a lieutenant in the U.S. Naval Reserve. He became a member of the research staff and director of the Corporate Bond Research Project of the National Bureau of Economic Research and published three books on corporate finance. He is also credited by Michael Milken for sparking his theories on “junk bonds”.

Hickman was supervisor of economic studies at the New York Life Insurance Company from 1953-56, joining American Airlines as director of economic research in 1956. He was appointed senior vice president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland in 1960 and was named president in 1963. Hickman, who always retained a close interest in economic research, was appointed by U.S. President Richard Nixon to the National Commission on Federal Statistics in 1970.

elected publications

*cite journal |last=——— |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1950 |month= |title=The Determinacy of Absolute Prices in Classical Economic Theory |journal=Econometrica |volume=18 |issue=1 |pages=9–20 |doi=10.2307/1907208 |url= |accessdate= |quote=
*cite book |title=Trends and cycles in corporate bond financing |last=——— |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1952 |publisher=Ayer Publishing |location=New York |isbn= |pages= |url=
*cite book |title=The volume of corporate bond financing since 1900 |last=——— |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1953 |publisher=Princeton University Press |location=New York |isbn= |pages= |url=
*cite book |title=Corporate bond quality investor experience |last=——— |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1958 |publisher=Princeton University Press |location=New York |isbn= |pages= |url=

Further reading

*cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=W. Braddock Hickman Is Dead; Cleveland Reserve Bank Head |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10815FE3D55157493C2AA178AD95F448785F9 |work=New York Times |publisher= |date=1970-11-30 |accessdate=

External links

*http://www.clevelandfed.org