Background
Sullivan, Oscar Matthias was born on January 2, 1881 in Canal Fulton, Ohio, United States. Son of Cornelius H. and Catherine (Marx) Sullivan.
Sullivan, Oscar Matthias was born on January 2, 1881 in Canal Fulton, Ohio, United States. Son of Cornelius H. and Catherine (Marx) Sullivan.
Bachelor of Arts, Ohio State University, 1905. Master of Arts, University Pennsylvania, 1912. Student Minnesota College of Law, 1921-1923.
Admitted to Minnesota bar, 1923.
Newspaper reporter, 1901, later assistant city editor Ohio State Journal, Columbus. Teacher public schools, Minnesota and Pennsylvania, 1906-1912. Chief statistician Minnesota Department of Labor and Industries, 1917.
State director re-education of disabled persons, Minnesota Department of Education, 1919-1935.
Practicing law, Hamilton & Sullivan, 1935-1937. Regional Unemployment Compensation Republican of Social Security Board, 1937-1940.
Referee (hearing examiner) Society Security Administration, 1940-1951. Retired 1951; practicing law with Sullivan, Stringer, Donnelly & Sharood.
Special assistant to Attorney General United States, as hearing officer on conscientious objector cases.
Special agent Federal Board Vocational Education, 1920. Chairman Governor's Commision on Rehabilitation of Industrial Cripples, Minnesota, 1918. Member Interim Commision on the Blind, Minnesota, 1923.
President National Council for Physically Handicapped, 1935-1936.
Member Interim Commision on the Blind, Minnesota, 1923. Member American advisory council of Yenching University, Peiping, China. Member American Vocational Association (Vice-President 1932), National Rehabilitation Association (president 1933), Minnesota Association for Crippled Children, Phi Beta Kappa.
Mason (32°).
Married Bessie L. Ness, June 9, 1909 (deceased). Married second, Helen A. Hauser, May 1, 1948. Children: Oscar Norbert, Ronald Ness, Lindley Dermot.