Edward Dana Durand

Edward Dana Durand (October 15, 1871[1] –1960)[2] was the Director of the United States Census Bureau from 1909-1913 under President William Howard Taft, and a chief economist for the Department of Commerce.

[3] His brother Walter Yale Durand was a Harvard graduate, professor at Oberlin College and Phillips Academy, and assistant chief economist of the Federal Trade Commission, while his other brother, George Harrison Durand, was a graduate from Harvard and taught at Yankton College.

[6] President Taft appointed Durand to serve as Director of the United States Census Bureau in 1909.

[2][5] From 1913 to 1917, Durand taught statistics and agricultural economics at the University of Minnesota after which he went on to work for the Commerce Department and the Tariff Commission.

Toward the end of his career, he occupied the posts of Statistical assistant to the Secretary of Commerce, Chief economist of the U.S.