Background
Lorenz, Max Otto was born on September 19, 1876 in Burlington, Iowa, United States. Son of Carl Wilhelm Otto and Amalie Marie (Brautigam) Lorenz.
Lorenz, Max Otto was born on September 19, 1876 in Burlington, Iowa, United States. Son of Carl Wilhelm Otto and Amalie Marie (Brautigam) Lorenz.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Iowa, 1899. Doctor of Philisophy, University of Wisconsin, 1906.
Teacher high school, Burlington, Iowa, 1899-1901. Instructor in economics, University of Wisconsin, 1901-1907. Department commissioner of labor and industrial statistics, Wisconsin, 1907-1909.
Special agent United States bureau of Census, 1909-1910.
Statistician bureau of Railway Economics, 1910-1911. Associate statistician Interstate Commerce Commission, 1911-1916.
Secretary 8-Hour Commission, 1916-1917. Director statistics, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1917-1944, retired since 1944.
Home: 253 Oxford Avenue, Palo Alto California‡.
Married Nellie F. Sheets, October 28, 1911. Children: Frederick, Roger, Julian.