| Edwin E. Witte AKA Edwin Emil Witte Born: 4-Jan-1887
Birthplace: Jefferson County, WI
Died: 20-May-1960
Location of death: Madison, WI
Cause of death: Stroke
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Economist Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Father of Social Security Father: Emil Witte
Mother: Anna Yaeck
Wife: Florence E. Rimsnider (m. 1916, one son, two daughters)
Daughter: Margaret Witte (b. 26-Feb-1922)
High School: Watertown High School, Watertown, WI
University: BA History, University of Wisconsin-Madison (1909)
University: PhD Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison (1927)
Professor: Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison (1920-58)
Administrator: Chair, Dept. of Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison (1936-41 and 1946-57)
US Official National War Labor Board (1944-45)
US Official Social Security Advisory Council (1937-38)
US Official President's Committee on Administration Management (1936-37)
US Official Exec. Dir., Committee on Economic Security (1934-35)
Wisconsin State Official Dir., Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library (1922-33)
Wisconsin State Official Secretary, Wisconsin Industrial Commission (1917-22)
American Economic Association President (1955)
Delta Sigma Rho
Industrial Relations Research Association President (1948)
Phi Beta Kappa Society
Author of books:
The Government in Labor Disputes (1932)
Social Security in America (1937)
Development of the Social Security Act (1962)
Social Security Perspectives (1962)
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