IOrwith WIlbur Abel

Background

Abel, IOrwith WIlbur was born on August 11, 1908 in Magnolia, Ohio, United States. Son of John Franklin and Mary Ann (Jones) Abel.

Education

Graduate, Canton (Ohio) Actual Business College.

Career

With American Sheet & Tin Plate Company (now subsidiary, United States Steel Corporation), Canton, 1925-1933. Staff United Steelworkers American, 1937-1987. Secretary-treasurer national organization, 1953-1965, president national organization, 1965-1977.

Vice president American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, after 1965.

Achievements

• Iorwith Wilbur Abel has been listed as a noteworthy Labor union official by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member War Manpower Commission, War Labor Board, World World War World War II.

Connections

Married Bernice N. Joseph, June 27, 1930. Children: Karen, Linda.

Father:

John Franklin Abel

Mother:

Mary Ann (Jones) Abel

Spouse:

Bernice N. Joseph

child:

Karen Abel

child:

Linda Abel