Gabriel Hauge | |
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Born |
Hawley, Minnesota |
March 7, 1914
Died | July 24, 1981 New York City |
(aged 67)
Occupation | Economist, Educator, Author, Bank Executive |
Gabriel Hauge (/ˈhaʊɡi/ HOW-ghee; March 7, 1914 - July 24, 1981) was a prominent American bank executive and economist. Hauge served as assistant to the President for Economic Affairs during the administration of Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Gabriel Hauge was born in Hawley, Minnesota. He was the son of Reverend Søren G. Hauge, a Lutheran Minister and an immigrant from Sandane in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. Hauge earned a B.A. from Concordia College (Minnesota) in 1935, an M.A. from Harvard University in 1938, and his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1947.
From 1938 to 1940, Hauge was an economics instructor at Harvard University. In 1939, he also worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. From 1940 to 1942, he was a professor of economics at Princeton University. During World War II, he was an active member of the United States Navy Reserve. From 1947 until 1950, Hauge was an economist with the State Banking Department in New York State. From 1950-1952, he was an Assistant Editor of Business Week magazine.
Hauge was an Economic Advisor to the 1948 Presidential campaign of Thomas Dewey. During the 1952 Presidential campaign, he was on Dwight D. Eisenhower's campaign staff as a research director for Citizens for Eisenhower. Following the presidential election of 1952, Hauge served as assistant to the President for Economic Affairs from 1953 to 1958.