Proposed Tribute to Prof. A. L. Bowley

Abstract

IT is intended to mark the retirement of Prof. A. L. Bowley from the chair of statistics in the University of London by a recognition in some degree commensurate with his distinguished services. Prof. Bowley has not only given to the London School of Economics, since its beginnings in 1895, years of brilliant and devoted teaching; he has at the same time made contributions to social welfare that have been recognized throughout the world, by universities, by learned societies and by Governments. His published writings have given him an eminence all his own, and his kindliness and geniality have endeared him to generations of students and to all who have had the good fortune to work with him. Over the signatures of Lord Kennet, Mr. J. M. Keynes, Prof. D. H. Macgregor, Prof. W. R. Scott and Sir Josiah Stamp, an appeal has been issued, since it is felt that past students and many others will welcome an opportunity to share in an expression of admiration for the work he has done. It is proposed that this tribute of esteem shall include a portrait of Prof. Bowley to be hung in the London School of Economics, and a scholarship or prize tenable in the University of London (at the London School of Economics) to assist a student pursuing undergraduate or postgraduate study in economic or social statistics. Sir William Beveridge has agreed to act as treasurer of the fund, and all subscriptions should be addressed to him at the London School of Economics, Houghton Street, Aldwych, W.C.2, England.