Wolman, Leo, 1890-1961

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Dates:
Birth 1890-02-24
Death 1961-10-02
Americans,
English,

Biographical notes:

Economist.

From the description of Reminiscences of Leo Wolman : oral history, 1960. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309727441

From the description of Leo Wolman papers, 1870-1958. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71069086

Biographical Note

1890, Feb. 24 Born, Baltimore, Md. 1914 Ph.D. in political economy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. 1916 Published The Boycott in American Trade Unions. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press 1918 Appointed head of section on production statistics, War Industries Board 1919 Attached to American peace mission, Paris, France 1919 1928 Member, faculty, New School for Social Research, New York, N.Y. 1920 1931 Director of research, Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union 1920 1934 Editor, Journal of American Statistics Association circa 1925 Became freelance researcher for the National Bureau of Economic Research, formally joining the staff in 1931 and later becoming director-at-large for research 1931 1958 Professor of economics, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. 1933 Appointed to staff of National Recovery Administration 1936 Published Ebb and Flow in American Trade Unionism. New York: National Bureau of Economic Research 1961, Oct. 2 Died, New York, N.Y.

From the guide to the Leo Wolman Papers, 1870-1958, (bulk 1915-1958), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Subjects:

  • Arbitration
  • Arbitration, Industrial
  • Arbitration, Industrial Great Britain
  • Construction industry
  • Construction industry
  • Economics
  • Economists
  • Government executives
  • Industrial relations
  • Industrial relations
  • Industries
  • Industries
  • Industry
  • Labor
  • Labor laws and legislation
  • Labor laws and legislation
  • Labor laws and legislation Great Britain
  • Labor unions
  • Labor unions
  • Labor unions
  • Manufacturing industries
  • Manufacturing industries
  • Mineral industries
  • Mineral industries
  • New Deal, 1933-1939
  • Professional employees
  • Professions
  • Public utilities
  • Public utilities
  • Service industries
  • Service industries workers
  • Transportation
  • Transport workers

Occupations:

  • Economists

Places:

  • United States (as recorded)
  • Great Britain (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)

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