Background
Killingsworth, Charles Clinton was born on January 1, 1917 in Webb City, Missouri, United States. Son of James Ray and Genevieve Theresa (Beahan) Killingsworth.
Killingsworth, Charles Clinton was born on January 1, 1917 in Webb City, Missouri, United States. Son of James Ray and Genevieve Theresa (Beahan) Killingsworth.
AB, Missouri State University, 1938. A.M., Oklahoma State University, 1939. Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1946.
Instructor political economy Johns Hopkins, 1941-1945. Chief, analytical studies unit Social Security Administration, 1945-1946. Panel chairman and special hearing officer National War Labor Board, 1943-1946.
Member faculty Michigan State University, since 1947, professor and head department economics, 1949-1957. Director Labor and Industrial Relations Center, 1956-1959, University professor, 1960-1987, emeritus professor, since 1987. Arbitrator labor-management disputes since, 1943.
Permanent umpire Bethlehem Steel Company and United Steel Workers American, 1947-1952. National umpire United States Rubber Company, Rubber Workers Union, 1953-1955, Ford Motor Company and United Auto Workers, 1955-1958, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and United Rubber Workers, 1959-1961. Consultant to Wage Stabilization Board, 1951.
Chairman, 1952-1953; permanent umpire Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company and Steelworkers, 1963-1967. Permanent arbitrator Firestone Tire & Rubber Company and Rubber Workers, 1971-1985, Crucible Steel Company and Steelworkers, 1971-1980, Northwest Airlines and various unions, since 1980. Member various presidential labor dispute boards, since 1962.
Member panel arbitrators American Arbitration Association, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, Michigan Employment Relations Commission. Member National Council on Employment Policy (formerly National Manpower Policy Task Force), since 1964, chairman, 1976-1977. Member National Academy of Arbitrators (vice president 1958-1960, board governors 1952-1955, president 1968), Industrial Relations Research Association (executive board 1956-1958, president 1978).
Married Beverly Hannah Kritzman, February 6, 1943 (deceased August 1970). Children– Mark Robert, Charlotte Eve. Married Jacqueline Brown Schrecengost, June 19, 1971.
Children– Tammy Kay, Randi Patricia.