Jules Manson was born on the Lower East Side of New York City, the son of Russian immigrant parents. He received a BA from Columbia University in 1931, followed by an MA in 1932. He started work as assistant manager of International Ladies Garment Workers Union Local 25 and in 1934 became a statistician with the New York City Housing Authority. In 1936 he received a law degree from Brooklyn Law School. He then served as a labor arbitrator for many years, eventually becoming Executive Director of the New York State Board of Mediation. He later taught at Baruch College and became Dean of the Business College. A lifelong socialist, he was national president of the Young Peoples Socialist League and later an active member of the Socialist Party. In 1936 he was a founding member of the Three Arrows Cooperative Society, a cooperative community in Putnam County, NY. At the time of his death, aged 91, he was a Board member of the Hebrew Free Loan Society, an NGO Representative at the United Nations, and president of the Humanist Society of New York.
From the description of Jules J. Manson papers, 1930s-1980s. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 475467982
