Background
Handsaker, Morrison was born on November 20, 1907 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of John Jay and Alice M. (Smith) Handsaker.
Handsaker, Morrison was born on November 20, 1907 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of John Jay and Alice M. (Smith) Handsaker.
Bachelor of Arts, Reed College, 1929; Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1939.
Code adviser, NRA, 1934-1936; instructor, U. Washington, Seattle, 1937-1938; instructor, Occidental College, Los Angeles, 1938-1940; assistant professor, Occidental College, 1940-1942; associate professor, Occidental College, 1942-1943; staff, National War Labor Board, 1943-1944; personnel representative, Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, 1944-1945; economist, OPA, 1945-1946; professor economics, Lafayette College, 1946-1976; department chairman economics, Lafayette College, 1946-1970; arbitrator, 1941-1987. Senior Fulbright lecturer U. Sheffield, England, 1957-1958, Waseda U., Tokyo, Yokohama (Japan) National U., 1964-1965.
Member emergency boards under Railway Labor Act, 1955, 57, 59, 61. Member Bituminous Coal Operators Association-United Mine Workers American District Panel Arbitration System, 1975-1980. District arbitrator Consolidation Coal Company and District 31, United Mine Workers, 1982-1984, mediator, fact finder.
Member American Economics Association, International Industrial Relations Association, Industrial Relations Research Association (honor 1989), American Arbitration Association (member panel), National Academy Arbitrators (chairman research and education committee 1959-1960, member 1980-1981, chairman international correspondence committee 1973-1975, research and education committee 1981), Society Professionals in Dispute Resolution.
Married Marjorie Linfield, August 25, 1934 (deceased March 1988). 1 child, Alice E. Handsaker Kidder.