Background
Jackson, Glenn Edward was born on April 25, 1889 in Gilmore City, Iowa, United States. Son of Seymour Turnicliffe and Mary (Mann) Jackson.
Jackson, Glenn Edward was born on April 25, 1889 in Gilmore City, Iowa, United States. Son of Seymour Turnicliffe and Mary (Mann) Jackson.
Bachelor of Science, Coe College, 1913. Graduate student Columbia, 1926-1928.
Secretary community work Young Men's Christian Association, Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, 1913-1919, North Side Young Men's Christian Association, Minneapolis, 1919-1925, secretary boys’ work National Council, 1925-1929, association general secretary, Rochester, New York, 1930-1935. Commissioner Funeral Service bureau of America, 1929-1930. Deputy commissioner New York State Relief Administration, 1935-1937, executive director bureau public assistance New York Department Social Welfare, 1937-1941.
Director community programs Federal Office Civil Defense, 1941-1945.
Executive director Orthopedic Appliance and Limb Manufacturers Association, from 1946, executive director American Board for Certification, from 1948. Instructor public welfare administration Smith College, summers 1936, 37.
Instructor Summer Institute Association Executives, Yale, 1955, 56, 58, Michigan State University, 1957, 58.
Member President's Committee Employment Physically Handicapped, from 1955. Executive committee Social Planning Board, Rochester, New York, 1933-1935. Member agency credentials committee Council Social Agencies, Washington.
Served as captain Hawaii National Guard 1919.
Member American Society Association Executives (chairman insurance committee from 1954.
Married Vesta L. Wilson, August 4, 1915. Children: Eleanor Mary, Betty (Mistress Ralph DeVries), Robert L. Executive.