Masson, Robert L. (Robert Louis)
Person
Biography
Harvard Business School Professor of Finance, Robert L. Masson was an authority on railroad finance. Masson was born in Iowa in 1891. He and received his AB (1912) and MA (1915) from Iowa State University and an MA from Harvard University (1916). He taught finance at the University of Michigan from 1923-1929, when he was appointed associate professor of finance at HBS. Masson helped develop and launch the Advanced Management Program in the 1940s. He retired from active faculty to professor emeritus in 1958.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Robert L. Masson papers
Collection Identifier: Arch GA 53Scope and Contents:
The Robert L. Masson papers consist of correspondence, case research, newspaper clippings, lectures, speeches, class preparation materials, and research project notes. Masson's correspondence dates from the 1935 to 1960 and includes letters written to HBS colleagues, professors at peer institutions, and company executives regarding general finance topics and his research projects. Some of the class preparation materials date from his time as a professor at the University of Michigan....
Masson, Robert Louis, 1958 October 18
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Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School
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Collection:
Yousuf Karsh portraits of Harvard Business School faculty
Item — Folder Oversize Folder 11: [Barcode: HBA03RZ]Identifier: Arch P2
Scope and Contents:
Photograph of Professor Robert Louis Masson sitting in a chair holding a book.