Paul Martin O'Leary (November 29, 1901 – December 25, 1997)[1] was an American economist and educator, and the first Dean of the S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management.
Whenever on campus, he was quick to volunteer for activities that brought him in contact with undergraduates students, first as time-keeper and assistant coach for the Cornell Track & Field Team and later a proponent for Track & Field as a faculty member of the university's committee on athletics.
During the Depression he was an aide to the consumer advisory board of the National Recovery Administration and later was chief economic analyst for the Commerce Department.
He oversaw the rationing program as the deputy chief of the Office of Price Administration in the early years of World War II.
[3][4] Professor O'Leary was tapped in the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity at the University of Kansas, and maintained the affiliation at Cornell.