Background
Kallet, Arthur was born on December 15, 1902 in Syracuse, New York, United States. Son of Barnett and Etta (Kaplan) Kallet.
director editor engineer medical
Kallet, Arthur was born on December 15, 1902 in Syracuse, New York, United States. Son of Barnett and Etta (Kaplan) Kallet.
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1924.
An engineer, Kallet co-authored a 1933 book entitled 100,000,000 Guinea Pigs: Dangers in Everyday Foods, Drugs and Cosmetics with fellow engineer Frederick Schlink. In 1936 he left as director of Consumers Research after its head F.J. Schlink fired three striking employees who had tried to form a union, and joined with Amherst College professor Colston Warne (who would chair the University of Colorado board from 1936 to 1979) to found Consumers Union and Consumer Reports. The House Un-American Activities Committee cited Arthur Kallet as the communist head of Consumers Union, which it cited as a communist front.
In 1957 Kallet broke with Warne and left Consumers Union to form The Medical Letter, Incorporated., and in 1961 Buyer"s Laboratory.
He died of viral pneumonia.
Member of staff American Standards Association and editor, Industrial Standardization, 1927-1934.
Married Opal Boston, April. Married second, Mary R. Fitzpatrick, January 28, 1954. Children: Cynthia, Lisa.