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Colston Warne was born on 14 August, 1900, is an American economist. Discover Colston Warne's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 86 years old?

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1900

Colston Estey Warne (August 14, 1900 – May 20, 1987) was a professor of economics and one of the founders of Consumers Union (along with Arthur Kallet), in 1936.

Warne was born in 1900 in the Finger Lakes region of New York.

His father managed a country store, farmed, and participated in the local Presbyterian church.

1921

Warne attended nearby Cornell University where in 1921 he graduated with a master's degrees in economics.

While there he met his future wife, Frances Lee Corbett, who was studying home economics.

He also began studying the writings of Thorstein Veblen.

1925

In 1925 Warne earned a doctorate in political economy from the University of Chicago.

1930

He taught at the University of Pittsburgh and later became professor of economics at Amherst College from 1930 until his retirement in 1969.

At Amherst, his courses on labor history were highly popular during the 1930s.

After World War II, he participated in the required sophomore American Studies course, where he edited several of the "Problems in American Civilization" anthologies produced in that course and widely imitated.

After his retirement, under President John William Ward, Amherst awarded him an honorary doctorate.

He testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee, when it investigated charges of Communism in the consumer movement.

1936

He served as president of the board of directors from 1936 to 1979.

1954

Speaking in 1954 to have Consumers Union removed from the list of subversive organizations, Warne said, "I am an upstate New York Yankee... I am not a Communist."

He is an Ordo Honoris brother of the Kappa Delta Rho fraternity, having initiated into the Beta chapter at Cornell University.

1960

He also served as President of the International Organization of Consumers Unions (IOCU) from 1960 to 1970, which later became Consumers International under Rhoda Karpatkin.

He was the father of Barbara Newell.

1987

Warne died May 20, 1987, in Bedford, Massachusetts.