Background
Youngdahl, Benjamin Emanuel was born on July 12, 1897 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Son of John Carl and Elizabeth (Johnson) Youngdahl.
Youngdahl, Benjamin Emanuel was born on July 12, 1897 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Son of John Carl and Elizabeth (Johnson) Youngdahl.
Bachelor of Arts, Gustavus Adolphus College, 1920, Doctor of Laws, 1954. Master of Arts, Columbia, 1923. Doctor of Laws, Washington University, Saint Louis, 1968.
Principal high school and superintendent schools, Marietta, Minnesota, 1920-1922. Professor economics and sociology, Gustavus Adolphus College, 1922-1933. Director social service, Minnesota State Emergency Relief Administration, 1933-1937.
Director public assistance, State of Minnesota, 1937-1939.
Lecturer University of Minnesota and Southern California summers 1938, 39, 41. Associate professor of social work, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, Saint Louis, Missouri, 1939-1943, professor of social work, 1943-1944, 62-66, professor emeritus, 1966-1970, dean School Social Work, Washington University, 1945-1962.
Visiting professor University of California, summer 1950.
Member national committee Midcentury White House Conference on Children and Youth (chairman fact finding commission), 1950. Served with United States Army as Lieutenant field artillery World War I. Member National Conference Social Work (president 1955-1956).
American Association Social Workers (president 1951-1953), American Association Schools Social Work (president 1949), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Livia Alexandra Bjorquist, August 25, 1925. Children: James Edward, Kent Benjamin, Mark Alexander.