John Whitefield Kendrick
John Whitefield Kendrick | |
|---|---|
| Born | 27 July 1917 |
| Died | 17 November 2009 (aged 92) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (BA, MA) George Washington University (PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Economics, Statistics |
| Institutions | George Washington University |
| Doctoral students | Carol S. Carson |
John Whitefield Kendrick (July 27, 1917, Brooklyn – November 17, 2009, Arlington, Virginia) was an American economist who was a pioneer in productivity measurement and economic accounting.
Kendrick worked as an economist from 1946 to 1953 at the Office of Business Economics, the predecessor to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, and from 1955 to 1988 as a professor at George Washington University. In 1963 he was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.