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1950-01-01 |
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| Name | John R. Steelman |
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| Email | None |
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June 23, 1900
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| Died | July 14, 1999
(99 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | Chronicler
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| Info | John R. Steelman (Born June 23, 1900 in Thornton, Arkansas - Died July 14, 1999 in Naples, Florida) was the first Assistant to the President of the United States serving President Harry S Truman from 1946 to 1952. The office later became the White House Chief of Staff.
Steelman attended Henderson Brown College in Arkadelphia, Arkansas and graduated in (AB 1922). He later went to Vanderbilt University, (MA 1924) and University of North Carolina (PhD 1928). He was Professor of Sociology and Economics, Alabama College, Montevallo, Alabama from 1928-1934.
Before joining the White House, Steelman served as:
Commissioner of Conciliation, U.S. Conciliation Service, Department of Labor 1934-36
Special Assistant to the Secretary of Labor 1936-1937
Director, U.S. Conciliation Service, Department of Labor 1937-1944
Special Assistant to the President, 1945-1946
Director, Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion, 1946
Chairman, President's Scientific Research Board, 1946-1947
Assistant to the President, 1946-1953
Acting Chairman, National Security Resources Board, 1948-1950
Acting Director, Office of Defense Mobilization, 1952
After leaving the White House, Steelman became Industrial Relations Consultant, Washington, D.C. from 1953-1968. From 1955 to 1969 he served in a variety of corporate roles:
President of the Montgomery Publishing Company
Chairman of the Board of the Record Publishing Company
Publisher of newspapers in Bethesda, Silver Spring, and Rockville, Maryland
He died in 1999 in Florida.
Photo source: Bastrop Daily Enterprise, 7/7/1958 |
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