New York University School of Commerce - Commerce Violet Yearbook (New York, NY)

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RAYMOND Roooiiizs Secretary AYMOND RQDGERS, secretary ot the Schoot ot Commerce, Accounts, and Finance, was horn in 1899. He was graduated from the University of Kentucky, with a BA. in Economics in 1921. He received his tVt.B.A. in Banking and Finance from New Yortc U. Graduate Schoot of Business Administration in 1925. Professor Rodgers has taught Corporation Finance, tnvestment Anatysis, and Money and Banking in the Schoot ot Commerceg tnvestment Banking in the Cottege ot Arts and Scienceg and Survey in Finance, Commercial Banking Administration, and Non-Commerciat Banking in the Graduate Schoot. Co-author ot two hooks, ttftoney and Banking and Consumer Credit and Its Uses, Protessor Rodgers has atso had considerahte business experience. He has hetd such positions as assistant underwriter ot the Nationat Surety Company: assistant adver- tising manager and tater assistant to the merchandise manager ot Atex Taytor and Coq foreign correspondent ot the Nationat City Bantag and editor ot the Canadian tttonfhty Leiter. At present, Professor Rodgers is devoting much ot his time to the prohtem ot con- sumer credit. He is on the advisory committee ot the pututication The Family Dollar. Last May he spotce in Grand Rapids, Ntichigan tmetore the Nationat Conference of Soeiat Work on the topic Hconsumer Credit and Consumer Agenciesf, Professor Rodgers has heen secretary ot the Sehoot since 1951. He is a memher ot Beta Gamma Sigma, Atpha Phi Sigma, Detta Sigma Pi, Sigma-Sigma-Sigma, Sphinx, and Arch and Square. Q3

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Noiueis ik. 15121500 Deon. School of Reiuilirig ORRIS A. BRBCO, Dean ot the Schoot ot Retaitiiig, was horn in Napanese, Ontario on i1u1y 23, 1875. 1'1e has heen associatert with New York University for the past 21 years. 1n 1898 Dr, Pmrisco received his AB. ctegree from Queens University in Canada and in 1900 he receivect his Masters ctegree from that institution. After receiving his Ph.D, in Economics trom Cotumhia in 1907, Dean Brisco was made an instructor at the Cottege of the City of New York. It was during this perioct that Professor Brisco wrote Economics of Business, one of the First cottege texthooks on husiness. Dean Brisco a1so taught at the University of towa. White at that institution he heeame chairman of the Departments of Economics, Sociotogy, and Commerce. From 1917 to 1920 he was ctean of the Schoot ot Commerce ot that university. The Schoot of Retaihng hart its inception on January 7, 1919, when a group of prominent New York City merchants invitett the Chance11or of New York University to ctiscuss the actvisahitity of estahtishing a retait setting training schoot. 1n 1920 Norris A. Parisco hecame ctean of the Schoot of Retaiting. 1n 1921 the name mtvraining Sehoot For Teaehers ot Retait Setting of New York Universityu was changed to UNCW York University Sehoo1 ot Retai1inQ.H Dean Brisco was a memher of the 1Te11ow Roya1 Historica1 Society in London trom 1910-14. He is an honorary memher ol' Eta 1X'1u Pi, honorary Retaiting fraternity. anrt a memher of Artus and De1ta Sigma Pi fraternities. 22

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JOHN HENRY PRIME Director of Admissions QCTQR John Henry Prime, director of admissions, has heen associated with New York U. for twenty-two yearsg in 1918 he was a student at the Wash- ington Square Branch and 1925 he hecamc a memher of the School of Commerce facu1ty. In 1922 Dr. Prime received his BS. degree in Economics from Washington Square Couege, and in 1925 he received his master's degree from the Graduate School Dr. Prime was awarded his Ph.D. from Washington Square Couegc in 1953. While a student at Washington Square Co11ege, Dr. Prime was the chairman of the freshmen-sophomore activities, senior representative to the Student Council, and one of the founders and first president of the A1pha Beta chapter of Phi Kappa Tau fratemity. Dr. Prime is a memher of A1pha Phi Sigma, Phi Delta Kappa, Theta A1pha Kappa, and Phi Kappa Tau. He is a1so a member of the American Economics Association, the Nationa1 Bureau of Economic Research, and the New York U. Men in Finance Club. 24