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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