VAN METRE, THURMAN WILLIAM: 1884-
Born in Florida, Ind., on Oct. 28, 1884, Thurman William Van Metre , son of Isaac Newton and Margaret Guisinger Van Metre, received the A.B. (1910) and A.M. (1911) degrees from Indiana University and the Ph.D. (1913) from the University of Pennsylvania. On Sept. 9, 1913, he married Mildred Stonex, who died in 1932.
After teaching in Indiana public schools, 1902-09, he became an instructor in transportation at the University of Pennsylvania in 1913. In 1916 he joined the page: 326[View Page 326] staff of the School of Business, Columbia University, and continued there, becoming a full professor in 1922.
Information from Who's Who in America.
- Outline of the Development of the Internal Commerce of the
United States, 1789-1900. Baltimore, 1913.
- History of Domestic and Foreign Commerce of the United
States (withE. R. Johnson, G. G. Huebner, and D. S. Hanchett). Washington, D. C., 1915.
- Principles of Railroad Transportation (withE. R. Johnson). New York, 1916.
- Economic History of the United States. New
York, 1921.
- Early Opposition to the Steam Railroad. New
York, 1924.
- A Course in the Economic History of the United
States. New York, 1924.
- Trains, Tracks and Travel. New
York, 1926.
- Tramps and Liners. Garden City, N.
Y., 1931.
- Transportation in the United States.
Chicago, 1939.
