William Childs

I have written on the U.S. trucking industry, the Texas Railroad Commission, and infrastructure in the US in the 20th century. My most recent publication, with the late Thomas K. McCraw, was AMERICAN BUSINESS SINCE 1920: HOW IT WORKED (3rd ed., 2018).
Service to the BHC
Investments Committee 2018 - 2021 [Chair 2020 - 2021]
Program Committee 2012 - 2013 Local Arrangements
Wilkins Prize Committee 2009 - 2010
Board of Trustees 2005 - 2008
Electronic Media Oversight Committee 2007 - 2008 [Chair 2007 - 2008]
Investments Committee 2001 - 2004
Recent Conference Participation
| 2026 BHC Meeting:
Chair, Ventures in Capital: The Political and Legal Institutions of Modern Financial Markets Discussant, Ventures in Capital: The Political and Legal Institutions of Modern Financial Markets |
| 2025 BHC meeting:
Chair, Middlemen of Capital: Imperial Administrators and Railroad Regulators in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era |
| 2023 BHC Meeting:
Chair, Silver Screen |
| 2022 BHC Meeting :
Chair, The Big Project: Infrastructure Concerns across Time |
| 2020 BHC Meeting:
Chair, Entrepreneurship in Education |