Stuart Daggett was born March 2, 1881 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and graduated from Roxbury Latin School (Boston, Massachusetts) in 1899. He received all three of his degrees, the A.B. in 1903, the A.M. in 1904, and the Ph.D in 1906, from Harvard University. The title of his thesis was “Railroad Reorganization”, published as vol. 4 of Harvard Economic Studies (Houghton Mifflin, 1908). During 1906 to 1909 he was Instructor at Harvard, and in 1909 he accepted appointment to the University of California as Assistant Professor of Railway Economics. He was appointed full professor in 1917 and from 1920-1927 he was dean of the College of Commerce, retiring in 1951 as Flood Foundation professor emeritus of transportation. Stuart Daggett died December 22 1954 in Oakland, California.
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Railroad Practice
1906-07
Course Enrollment
Economics 17 2hf. Dr. Daggett. — Railroad Practice.
Total 37: 4 Graduates, 14 Seniors, 12 Juniors, 5 Sophomores, 2 Others.
Source: Harvard University. Report of the President of Harvard College, 1906-1907, p. 71.
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ECONOMICS 17
Year-end Examination, 1906-07
Answer 1, 2, 3, and five other questions.
- Distinguish between
- departmental railroad organization, and
- divisional railroad organization.
Show the lines of responsibility under each system.