OBITUARIES: George W. Mitchell Dies at 92; Bederal Reserve Board Official
Û¢	George W. Mitchell, 92, a former governor and vice chairman of the Fed-prdhRescrve Board and an early advo-</br></br>Û¢	George W. Mitchell, 92, a former governor and vice chairman of the Fed-prdhRescrve Board and an early advo- ferp; and he lectured widely during the 196Ps and 1970? on his vision of a ÛÏcBeckless, cashless society.Û Until 1990, he was a consultant to the Federal Reserve on electronic funds transfer . systems.</br></br>ÐÊ	public finance, Mr. Mitchell carpe to Washington from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, where he had served forilO years as vice president in charge of research. During that time, he also ! was an associate economist of the Fed-i era] Reserve Open Market Committee, the body with power to tighten or loosen credit, and lie was said to have been 1	one of only a few dozen economists with</br></br>He was a member of the Open Market Committee during his 16 years as a governor of the Federal Reserve Board.</br></br>I Earlier, Mr. Mitchell had been Illinois state director of finance during the governorship of Adlai E. Stevenson, who j was the unsuccessful Democratic presidential nominee in 1952 and 1956. Mr.