Vertrees, Joseph Hodgen, 1887-

Joseph Hodgen Vertrees played an integral role in the history of the School of Management and Labor Relations (SMLR), formerly known as the Institute of Management and Labor Relations (IMLR), of Rutgers University. Born on October 10, 1887 in Curryville, Missouri, Vertrees excelled in baseball, earning his way onto the team while at Missouri Valley College. After graduating with an AB in 1913, Vertrees attended Columbia University, where he eventually earned an MA in Industrial Relations. During his graduate studies, he took other graduate courses on statistics at Princeton University as well as a course on personnel management from the Bureau of Industrial Research in New York City. (1)

From 1915-1916, Vertrees worked as a teacher in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Later in the First World War he served as the 1st Lieutenant of Cavalry and Field Artillery at Fort Snelling, Minnesota; Fort Crote, Nebraska; and San Antonio. In Fort Sill, Oklahoma he was an instructor in the Officers' Artillery School.

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