Joseph S. Davis
Joseph Stancliffe Davis was an American economist. He was a professor of economics at Stanford University and a long-time director of the newly established Food [Research Institute]. In 1944, he served as president of the American Economic Association. He was a member of President Eisenhower's Council of Economic Advisers.
He was born in Chester [County, Pennsylvania], and graduated from Harvard University 1908 and was awarded the Doctorate of Philosophy in 1913.