Background
Schweinitz, Karl De was born on November 26, 1887 in Northfield, Minnesota, United States. Son of Paul and Mary Catherine (Daniel) de Schweinitz.
Schweinitz, Karl De was born on November 26, 1887 in Northfield, Minnesota, United States. Son of Paul and Mary Catherine (Daniel) de Schweinitz.
Bachelor of Arts, Moravian College, 1906, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1932. Bachelor of Arts, University of Pennsylvania, 1907.
Newspaper reporter, later in publicity work, 1907-1911. Secretary Pennsylvania Tuberculosis Society, 1911-1913. Member executive staff New York Charity Organisation Society, 1913-1918.
General secretary Family Society of Philadelphia, 1918-1930.
Executive secretary Community Council of Philadelphia, 1930-1936. Secretary Philadelphia Committee for Unemployment Relief, 1929-1932.
Executive director Pennsylvania State Emergency Relief Board, 1936-1937. Secretary of Public Assistance of Pennsylvania, 1937.
Director School of Social Work, University of Pennsylvania, 1933-1936, 1938-1942.
Training consultant, Social Security Board, 1942-1944. Director Committee on Edition and Social Security, American Council of Education, 1944-1950. Visiting professor School Social Welfare, University of California, 1950, professor social welfare, 1951-1958.
Chief social security mission under Point 4 to the Egyptian Ministry of Social Affairs, 1951.
United Nations consultant, 3d Social Welfare Seminar, Arab States, 1952. Senior Fulbright scholar, London, 1956-1957.
Member executive staff New York Charity Organisation Society, 1913-1918.
Married Jessie Logan Dickson, October 4, 1911. Married second, Elizabeth McCord, August 29, 1937. Children: Mary, Karl.