Grosvenor B. Clarkson
Clarkson in a 1918 publication
Director of the Council of National Defense
In office December 1918 – March 1920
Preceded by	Walter S. Gifford
Personal details
Born	(1882-09-13)September 13, 1882 Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.
Died	January 23, 1937(1937-01-23) (aged 54) New York City, New York, U.S.
Parent	James S. Clarkson (father)
Occupation	author publicist civil servant

Grosvenor B. Clarkson (September 13, 1882 – January 23, 1937) was an author, publicist,^[1] and Director of the Council of National Defense during World War I.

Early life

Grosvenor B. Clarkson was born on September 13, 1882, in Des Moines, Iowa to Anna Howell and James S. Clarkson.^[2]

Career

Clarkson worked in New Mexico for the U.S. Department of the Interior and later for the United States Naval Consulting Board.^[3] Afterwards, he was recruited for the Council of National Defense,^[4] where he succeeded Walter S. Gifford as Director.^[5][6] He served as director from December 1918 to March 1920.^[7]

After the war, he published a detailed account of his time as Director of Industrial America in World War.^[8]

He was the author of two books:

• An Analysis of the High Cost of Living Problem, as Director; Council of National Defense, (1919)
• Industrial America in the World War; the strategy behind the line, 1917-1918, (1923)

Personal life and death

Clarkson died on January 23, 1937, in New York City.^[7][9]