Colston Estey Warne (August 14, 1900 – May 20, 1987) was an American professor of economics and one of the founders of Consumers Union (along with Arthur Kallet), in 1936.
[2] Warne attended nearby Cornell University where in 1921 he graduated with a master's degrees in economics.
He testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee, when it investigated charges of Communism in the consumer movement.
Speaking in 1954 to have Consumers Union removed from the list of subversive organizations, Warne said, "I am an upstate New York Yankee...
"[4] He is an Ordo Honoris brother of the Kappa Delta Rho fraternity, having initiated into the Beta chapter at Cornell University.