| Edward Fulton Denison | |
| Birth Date: | 1915 12, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Omaha, Nebraska |
| Death Place: | Washington, D.C. |
| Spouse: | Elsie Lightbown |
| Nationality: | American |
| Alma Mater: | Brown University |
| Field: | Statistics |
| Work Institutions: | George Washington University |
Edward Fulton Denison (December 18, 1915, Omaha – October 23, 1992, Washington D.C.) was an American economist.[1] [2] [3] He was a pioneer in the measurement of the United States gross national product[1] and one of the founders of growth accounting.[3]
Denison earned a bachelor's degree in economics in Oberlin College in 1936, a master's degree in Brown University in 1938, and a doctorate from Brown in 1941.[1] In 1948, he became acting chief of the National Income Division of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.[3] The next year, Edward also acted as Assistant Director and Chief Economist of the Office of Business Economics.[1] [3] In 1956 he left OBE to work for the Committee for Economic Development.[3] From 1963, he served as a senior member of the Brookings Institution on economic research.[1] [3]
In 1966 Denison was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.[4] He became a distinguished fellow of the American Economic Association in 1981.[5]
He married Elsie Lightbown. His daughter, Janet Howell has served in the Virginia Senate since 1992.[6]