John R. Steelman

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John R. Steelman

John Roy Steelman (born June 23, 1900 in Thornton , Arkansas , † July 14, 1999 in Naples , Florida ) was an American sociologist , economist , university professor and chief of staff of the White House .

biography

After attending school, he first studied at Henderson Brown College in Arkadelphia and obtained a Bachelor of Arts (BA) there in 1922 . A subsequent postgraduate course at Vanderbilt University in Nashville , he completed in 1924 with a Master of Arts (MA). In 1928 he finally earned a Philosophiae Doctor (Ph.D.) at the University of North Carolina and was then until 1934 Professor of Sociology and Economics at Alabama College .

In 1934 he switched to government service and was employed by the United States Department of Labor . There he was first commissioner ( Commissioner ) of the US Conciliation Service and then from 1936 to 1937 special assistant to Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins . Most recently he was director of the arbitration service until the end of World War II in 1945.

In 1945 he became a special assistant in the White House before US President Harry S. Truman appointed him the first White House Chief of Staff in 1946 . He held this office in Truman's expanded cabinet until the end of Truman's presidency on January 20, 1953.

He then worked for several years as a consultant in the private sector and as a publisher .

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SURNAME Steelman, John R.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Steelman, John Roy (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American sociologist, economist, university professor, and White House chief of staff
DATE OF BIRTH June 23, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Thornton , Arkansas
DATE OF DEATH July 14, 1999
Place of death Naples , Florida