Portrait of Robinson Newcomb
Dr. Robinson Newcomb, Director of construction research, War Production Board, 1940-45; Director, Office of Economic Research, Federal Works Agency, 1945-47; Economist, President's Council of Economic Advisers, 1947-50; Economist, Office of the Secretary of Commerce, 1950-51; Economist, Office of Defense Management, 1951-53; and Consultant and Technical Adviser on Highways, Committee for Economic Development, 1947-55.