Background
Tolles, Newman Arnold was born on September 21, 1903 in New York City. Son of Harry Newman and Elisabeth (Eurgens) Tolles.
Tolles, Newman Arnold was born on September 21, 1903 in New York City. Son of Harry Newman and Elisabeth (Eurgens) Tolles.
Bachelor of Philosophy Chicago, 1923, Master of Arts, 1924, Doctor of Philosophy, 1932. Master of Arts, Harvard, 1926.
December 1969); children—Patricia (Mistress Edward Eckert), Harriet (Mistress Keith Clement). Married second, Martha Morrow Tolles, April 2, 1971. University of Chicago research fellow London School Economics, 1925-1927.
Assistant professor Mount Holyoke College, 1929-1935. Lecturer Smith College, 1933-1934, American U., 1935, 39, University of California, 1936-1939. Economist United States Bureau Labor Statistics, 1935-1938.
Assistant director, director research, wage and hour division unites states department Labor, 1938-1940. Assistant to Commissioner Sidney Hillman, United States Defense Commission, 1940. Branch chief, assistant commissioner United States Bureau Labor Statistics, 1940-1945.
Professor, director teaching institute economics American U., 1945-1947. Professor labor market economics Cornell Univercity, 1947-1971. Visiting professor economics New York State University College at Geneseo, 1967-1968, 70-73.
Guest professor of University Munich, lecturer Chairman New York State Minimum Wage Board for Dyeing and Cleaning Industry, 1956. Director New York State Council on Economics Education, 1961. Alderman, City of Ithaca (New York), 1966-1969.
With United States Information Service, Germany, 1953-1954. Organizer annual conferences teaching labor economics, 1945-1950. Cons. United States Conciliation Service, National War Labor Board, United States Civil Service Commission, 1935-1945.
Member American Economics Association, American Statistical assosiation, New York State Economics Association (president 1961-1962), Industrial Relations Research Association, American Association University Professors, Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Sigma Rho.
Married Marian Donahue, September 4, 1929 (deceased.; married second, Martha Morrow Tolles, April. Children: Patricia (Mistress Edward Eckert), Harriet (Mistress Keith Clement).