Day, Edmund Ezra, 1883-1951

This dispute arose over the application of security regulations and economic demands during the renegotiation of the contract. A strike ensued and the company secured an injunction to restrain the mass picketing. Violence resulted in the arrest of some of the strikers. The Commissioner of Labor, Mr. Edward Corsi, appointed a fact-finding board consisting of Edmund Ezra Day, Chairman; DR. Samuel P Copen, Mr. Charles Garside, Mrs. Elinore Herrick and Paul S. Andrews.

From the guide to the Edmund Ezra Day arbitration files, 1949., (Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library)

Economist, statistician, educator.

From the description of Edmund Ezra Day personal papers, [ca. 1909-1950]. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64075198

Economist, statistician, educator.

From 1910 to 1927, Edmund Ezra Day was a professor of economics at Harvard and then at Michigan University. He served with the Rockefeller Foundation as Director for Social Sciences, 1928-1937, and also as Director for Social Sciences and General Education, General Education Board, 1930-1937. He was the fifth president of Cornell University, succeeding Livingston Farrand in 1937. Day complemented his academic career with public service as a statistician and economist for the federal government. Both before and during his years at Cornell (1937-1951) Day actively participated in many professional associations concerned with the advancement of education.

From the description of Edmund Ezra Day papers, 1921-1952. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63946557