Background
Johnson, Alvin Saunders was born on December 18, 1874 in near Homer, Nebraska, United States. Son of John and Edel Marie (Bille) Johnson.
Johnson, Alvin Saunders was born on December 18, 1874 in near Homer, Nebraska, United States. Son of John and Edel Marie (Bille) Johnson.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Nebraska, 1897, Master of Arts, 1898, Doctor of Laws., 1940. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia, 1902. Honorary Doctor, United States of Algiers, Brussels, 1950.
Doctor of Philosophy, Yeshiva University, 1952, Heidelberg, 1955.
Doctor of Letters, Brandeis University, 1953.
Reader in economics Bryn Mawr College, 1901-1902. Tutor, instructor and Adjunct Professor economics, Columbia, 1902-1906. Professor economics U. Nebraska, 1906-1908, University Texas, 1908.
Acting associate professor University of Chicago, summer and fall terms, 1909, associate professor, 1910-1911.
Professor economics Leland Stanford Junior University, 1911-1912, Cornell Univercity, 1912-1916. Professor political Science Stanford University, 1916-1918.
Editor The New Republic, New York City, 1917-1923. Director New School for Social Research, 1923-1945, chairman graduate faculty of political science, 1945.
President emeritus, 1945-1971, also trustee.
Professor economics and director general studies graduate school Yale University, 1938-1939. Chairman New York State Committee on Discrimination in Employment, 1943-1945. Vice chairman New York State Commission Against Discrimination, 1944.
Served as private Company K, 1st Nebraska Volumes, 1898. Member American Economics Association (president 1936), American Association Adult Education (chairman 1936-1971, president 1939), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Margaret Edith Henry, April.