John Slawson

Background

Slawson, John was born on April 16, 1898 in Russia. Came to the United States, 1904, naturalized, 1991. Son of Samuel and Fanny (Tarsy) Slawson.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Columbia University, 1919. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1920. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1927.

Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Hebrew Union College-Institute Relations, 1962.

Career

Instructor City College of New York, 1919-1920. Investigator, psychologist New York State Department Welfare, 1920-1924. Assistant director Cleveland Jewish Welfare Federation, 1924-1928.

Executive director Detroit Jewish Welfare Federation, 1928-1932, Jewish Board Guardians, New York City, 1932-1943. Executive vice president American Jewish Committee, 1943-1967, executive vice president emeritus, 1967-1989. Lecturer University Michigan, 1930-1931, New School for Social Research, 1966-1969.

Lecturer Columbia University, 1966-1969, adjunct professor, 1973-1974. Adjunct associate professor Hunter College Social Work, City University of New York, 1972-1973. Consultant wartime delinquency United States Children's Bureau, Social Security board, Federal Security Agency, 1942-1944.

Special adviser to President's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime, 1962. American Jewish Committee delegate Paris Peace Conference, 1946. Member committee human rights Commission To Study Organization Peace.

Member United States committee for United Nations Educational, 1952-1954, member executive committee, 1954-1958.

Achievements

• John Slawson has been listed as a noteworthy organization executive, psychologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The delinquent boy: A socio-psychological study

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Membership

Board directors Hebrew University Jerusalem, Interracial Colloquy, American Association for Jewish Education, National Commission against Discrimination in Housing. Fellow American Psychological Association, American Orthopsychiat. Association; member National Association of Social Workers, American Sociological Association, Society Psychological Study Social Issues, National Association Human Rights Workers, National Conference on Social Work, Association Jewish Community Relations Workers, Council on Foreign Relations.

Connections

Married Ada Schupper, December 22, 1937. Children: June Slawson Kopilow, Judith Barbara, Ruth Ann Slawson Kaufman.

Father:

Samuel Slawson

Mother:

Fanny (Tarsy) Slawson

Spouse:

Ada Schupper

child:

Judith Barbara Slawson

child:

Ruth Ann Slawson Kaufman Slawson

child:

June Slawson Kopilow Slawson