Background
Williams, Whiting was born on March 11, 1878 in Shelby, Ohio, United States. Son of B. J. and Ida (Whiting) Williams.
Williams, Whiting was born on March 11, 1878 in Shelby, Ohio, United States. Son of B. J. and Ida (Whiting) Williams.
Bachelor of Arts, Oberlin, 1899, A.M., 1909. University of Berlin, 1899-1900, University of Chicago (department of theology), 1900-1901.
2d, Dorothy Rogers, August 4, 1941. Manager of Bureau University Travel, 1901-1904. Assistant to president Oberlin College, 1904-1912.
Executive secretary Cleveland Welfare Federal, 1912-1916. Special (group) agent, Equitable Life Assurance Society, 1916-1918. Personnel director Vice-President Hydraulic Steel Company, 1918-1920.
Laborer in coal mines, steel plants, etc., in the United States Germany, France and Great Britain, 1919-1923, also studied workers’ conditions in Russia (twice), Italy, Central and South American and unemployment and prohibition conditions in mid-west and Canadian industrial cities, various times, 1925-1938. Speaks French, German, Spanish, Italian. Lecturer on labor and management problems orgns. in the United States and Canada.
Adviser to large employers on personnel and public relations. Trustee Cleveland School of Art, Hiram House, Bureau U. Travel.
Member National Panel Arbitrators from 1940. Fellow Royal Geography Society (London). Member American Academy Political and Social Science, Society for Advancement of Management, American Management Association, American Economics Association, Personnel Research Federation.
Clubs: Union, Philosophical, City. Chamber of Commerce (Cleveland).
Married Caroline Harter, September 5, 1906 (died July 2, 1938), children—Carl R. (deceased), Harter Whiting, m.