Edwin Griswold Nourse

Edwin Nourse
Nourse (second from right) at the White House in July 1949
1st Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers
In office
August 9, 1946  November 1, 1949
PresidentHarry S. Truman
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byLeon Keyserling
Personal details
Born(1883-05-20)May 20, 1883
Lockport, New York, U.S.
DiedApril 7, 1974(1974-04-07) (aged 90)
Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationIllinois Institute of Technology
Cornell University (BA)
University of Chicago (MA, PhD)

Edwin Griswold Nourse (May 20, 1883 – April 7, 1974) was an American economist who served as the first chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers from 1946 to 1949.