Ewan Clague | |
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| Commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics | |
| In office August 1946 –Sept 1965 | |
| Preceded by | Isador Lubin |
| Succeeded by | Arthur Ross |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1896 Prescott, Washington |
| Died | April 1987 [1] Bethesda, Maryland |
Ewan Clague (1896–1987) was the commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) from 1946 to 1965. [2] [3]
In 1952 he was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association. [4]
Clague graduated from the University of Washington and earned a doctorate from the University of Wisconsin. [5]
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