Background
Budenz, Louis Francis was born on July 17, 1891 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Son of Henry Joseph and Mary Gertrude (Sullivan) Budenz.
Budenz, Louis Francis was born on July 17, 1891 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Son of Henry Joseph and Mary Gertrude (Sullivan) Budenz.
Student Saint Xavier’s College, Cincinnati. Saint Mary's College; Bachelor of Laws, Indianapolis Law School, Indianapolis, 1912.
Began as associate editor The Carpenter, organ of United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, 1912-1913. Assistant director Central bureau of Central Verein, Saint Louis, Missouri, 1913-1914. Secretary Saint Louis Civic League, 1914-1919.
Franchise expert, Federal Electric Rys.
Commission, 1920; publicity director American Civil Liberties Union, 1920-1921. Editor The Labor Age, 1921-1931.
Organizer for special situation, Armed Forces of L. unions, 1927-1934. Leading strikes in Kenosha, Wisconsin, 1928, Nazareth, Pennsylvania, 1929, Paterson Silk, 1930, Toledo Auto Lite, 1934.
Tried 21 times in labor disputes and acquitted 21 times.
Labor editor, The Daily Worker, 1935-1937. Editor Midwest Daily Record, Chicago, 1937-1940. President and managing editor The Daily Worker, 1940-1945.
Professor economics, Notre Dame University, 1945-1946.
Professor economics Fordham University, 1946-1956, retired. Adviser on Communist research to Cardinal Cushing, 1959-1963.
Professor Seton Hall University, 1952. Witness for government in numerous Communist trials.
Columnist National Catholic Welfare Conference News Service, 1948-1963.
Member American Economics Association, American Academy Political and Social Science, Academy Political Science.
Married Margaret Doctorate. Rodgers. Children: Julia, Josephine (now Mistress Donald A. Palermo), Justine, Joanna.