Eugene E. Agger Papers, 1935-1956

This collection consists of the personal and professional records of Dr. Eugene E. Agger, Professor Emeritus of economics from Rutgers University. The collection is approximately 2 cubic feet in size and consists of five letter size manuscript boxes and spans the period 1935-1956. The bulk of the material dates from 1940-1948.Eugene Agger was born on December 4, 1879 in Cincinatti Ohio. He married May C. Hessler on June 4, 1908. They had two children, Donald (1912-1963) and Carolyn Eugenia (1913- ). Agger received both his Bachelor's and Master's degrees from the University of Cincinnati in 1901 and 1902 respectively. He received his Ph.D. in economics from Columbia University in 1907. He served successively as a lecturer in economics, assistant professor and associate professor at Columbia University from 1907-1926. He moved on to become a full professor of economics and head of the Economics department at Rutgers University from 1926-1950. While at Rutgers he also served as director of the Bureau of Economic and Business Research. He died in 1966.English