Hotelling’s students included the communist and later Soviet agent Victor Perlo (1932-33) and three Nobel prize winners in economics, Milton Friedman (1933-34), William Vickrey (Winter session 1935-36) and Kenneth Arrow (Winter session 1940-41). Friedman’s and Arrow’s student notes for this course with Hotelling can be found at the Hoover Archives and the Duke Economist Papers Project, respectively.
Course outlines and a final examination for Hotelling’s course as taught at the University of North Carolina in 1946 and 1950 has been posted. Here is a link to the posting of a list of statistics and economics courses taught at Columbia by Harold Hotelling.
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Econ 312. Mathematical Economics |
Winter Session, 1931-32 |
Benitz, Paul A. | |
Kelly, Thomas H. | |
Metzger, Henry W. | |
Pabst, William R., Jr. | |
Wu, Kan | |
Columbia College | Madow, William |
School of Business | Otto, Erich A. |
School of Business | Stein, Arthur |
Econ 314. Mathematical Economics | Spring Session, 1931-32 |
Benitz, Paul A. | |
Duncan, Acheson Johnston | |
Kelly, Thomas H. | |
Pabst, William R. (Jr) | |
Metzger, Henry W. | |
Econ 313. Mathematical Economics | Winter session, 1932-33 |
Lawson, Alfred | |
Perlo, Victor | |
Preinreich, Gabriel A.D. | |
Weyl, Nathaniel | |
Econ 314. Mathematical Economics | Spring Session, 1932-33 |
Perlo, Victor | |
Preinreich, Gabriel A. D. | |
Weyl, Nathaniel | |
Econ 117. Mathematical Economics | Winter session, 1933-34 |
Dodwell, David W. | |
Edmondson, Susanna P. | |
Friedman, Milton | |
Goldberg, Henry | |
Madow, William G. | |
Vass, Laurence C. | |
School of Business | Osborne, Ernest L. |
Econ 118. Mathematical Economics | Spring Session, 1933-34 |
Edmondson, Susanne P. | |
Friedman, Milton | |
Goldberg, Henry | |
Vass, Laurence C. | |
Econ 117. Mathematical Economics | Winter Session, 1934-35 |
Bonis, Austin J. | |
Frankel, Lester R. | |
Wright, Charles A. | |
Econ 118. Mathematical Economics | Spring Session, 1934-35 |
Bonis, Austin J. | |
Frankel, Lester R. | |
Machol, Richard M. | |
Richards, Margaret H. | |
Romig, Harry G. | |
Solomons, Leonard M. | |
Wright, Charles A. | |
Econ 117. Mathematical Economics | Winter Session, 1935-36 |
Bennett, Rollin F. | |
Fabricant, Solomon | |
Hilfer, Irma | |
Jacobson, Katharine | |
Norton, John D. | |
Vickrey, William | |
Wallis, W. Allen | |
Econ 117. Mathematical Economics | Class rolls not found for 1936-37 |
Econ 117. Mathematical Economics | Not offered 1937-38 |
Econ 117. Mathematical Economics | Winter Session, 1938-39 |
Dejongh, Theunis W | |
Durand, David | |
Friedman, Irma D. | |
Geisler, Murray A. | |
Gould, Jacob M. | |
King, Frederick G. | |
Schwartz, Seymour | |
Shulman, Harry | |
Columbia College | Klarman, Herbert |
Teachers College | Recht, Leon Samuel |
Econ 117. Mathematical Economics | Winter Session, 1939-40 |
Bennett, Blair M. | |
Nassimbene, Raymond | |
Pascale, Henry | |
Columbia College | Schwartz, Harry |
Econ 117. Mathematical Economics | Winter Session, 1940-41 |
Arrow, Kenneth J. | |
Berger, Richard | |
Cohen, Leo | |
Divatia, Makarand V. | |
Fischer, Harry S. | |
Haines, Harold | |
Konijn, Hendrik S. | |
Peiser, Donald E. | |
School of Business | Ballentine, George A. |
Econ 117. Mathematical Economics | Winter Session, 1941-42 |
Diamond, Harold S. | |
Peach, Paul | |
Ravitsky, Inda | |
Reder, Melvin W. | |
Sievers, Allen M. | |
School of Business | Cooper, William W. |
School of Business | Morrison, Lachlan |
Econ 117. Mathematical Economics | Winter Session, 1942-43 |
Boyd, Elizabeth N. | |
D’Errico, John E. | |
Simpson, Elizabeth T. | |
Simpson, William B. | |
Columbia College | Tenenbaum, Warren S. |
School of Business | Lopata, Simon |
Econ 117. Mathematical Economics | Winter Session, 1943-44 |
Hsieh, Kia | |
Lindsey, Fred D. | |
Owlett, Ann M. | |
Straus, Everett M. | |
Ullman, Joseph L. | |
School of Business |
Varon, Frank R. |
Source: Assembled from the student registration cards. Columbia University. Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Hotelling Papers, Box 48, Folder Mathematical Economics (1).