Background
Persons, William Frank was born on August 31, 1876 in Brandon, Iowa, United States. Son of William and Mary E. (Stainbrook) Persons.
Persons, William Frank was born on August 31, 1876 in Brandon, Iowa, United States. Son of William and Mary E. (Stainbrook) Persons.
Bachelor of Philosophy, Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa, 1900. Bachelor of Laws, from Harvard University, 1905.
Admitted to Iowa bar, 1905. Practiced at Sioux City, 1905-1906. Director Department General Work, Charity Organisation Society, New York, 1906-1917.
Industrial relations work, North American Company, 1922-1924.
Assistant to president Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company, 1925-1929. Executive vice president American Association Personal Finance Companies, 1929-1932.
Field representative, American Public Welfare Association, 1932-1933. Director enrollment Civilian Conservation Corps, 1933-1942.
Director United States Employment Service, 1933-1939.
Special assistant to director Civilian Conservation Corps from May 1939-April 1942. Director industrial relations Consolidated Aircraft Corporation, April 1942-May 1943. Director industrial relations Ryan Aeronaut.
Company, May 1943-September 1945.
Director personnel, Civil Services Department, San Diego County, California, 1948-1950. With American Red Cross in United States and abroad, World War.
Director general Department Civilian Relief, 1917-1918. Director Department of Administration, League Red Cross Societies, Geneva, 1919-1920.
V. chairman American Red Cross, 1921-1922.
Member National Council Boy Scouts America, American Association Social Workers, National Conference Social Workers, Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Harvard (New York).
Married Eugenia M. Bray, October 6, 1909 (she died August 2, 1941). Children: William Frank, Edward Bray.