Background
Bondy, Robert Earl was born on August 13, 1895 in Dover, Minnesota, United States. Son of Robert William and Hannah Ida (Glidden) Bondy.
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Robert Earl Bondy
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Graduate, University of Chicago, 1917.
Career
Manager social service bureau, Chamber of Commerce, Columbus, Ohio., 1917-1918;
with, American Red Cross, Washington, 1919-1939;
director field service, department civilian relief, lake district, American Red Cross, Cleveland, 1919-1920;
assistant manager S.W. division, American Red Cross, St. Louis, 1920-1922;
national director war service, American Red Cross, Washington, 1922-1927;
manager eastern area, American Red Cross, Washington, 1927-1931;
national director disaster relief, American Red Cross, Washington, 1931-1939;
director reconstruction Mississippi Valley Flood Relief, American Red Cross, Washington, 1927;
director drought relief eastern states, American Red Cross, 1930-1931;
executive director cotton distribution program, American Red Cross, 1932-1933;
director relief operations spring floods, American Red Cross, 1936;
associate general director Ohio-Mississippi Valley Flood Operations, American Red Cross, 1937;
American delegate to League of Remote Control Socs., International Conference on Disaster ReliefandNursing, American Red Cross, Paris, 1937;
director relief operations New England hurricane, American Red Cross, 1938;
director public welfare District of Columbia, American Red Cross, Washington, 1939-1941;
administrator services to Armed Forces, American Red Cross, Washington, 1941-1946;
went on administrative trips to European and Pacific war theaters, American Red Cross, 1943, 44, 45. Director National Social Welfare Assembly, New York, from 1946. Chairman advisory county on participation of national organizations, mid-century White House Conference on children and youth.
Vice-chairman 1960 White House Conference on children and youth. Chairman of the section religion White House Conference on Aging.
Achievements
Membership
President Montgomery County Civic Federation, 1933-1935. Chairman National Social Work Council, New York City, 1940-1945. Chairman welfare and consumer interest committee District of Columbia Council of Defense, 1940-1941.
Chairman National Committee on Svc. to Veterans, 1944-1946. Consultant F.C.D.A., unites states department of State, 1951-1953. Member board American Immigration Conference.
Member of advisory board United States Displaced Persons Commission,1948-1953. Chairman Health and Welfare Advisory Council, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations Community Superior vena cava syndrome Committee, from 1959. Member board Executive Committee National Health and Welfare Retirement Association, from 1957.
Member various committees on National Council Churches of Christ. Member consultation on role of churches in social service World Council of Churches, 1962. With United States Army, 1918.
Member American Association Social Workers, National Conference Social Welfare, American Public Welfare Association Gamma Delta, Sigma Delta Chi.
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Connections
Married Ruth Dunn, September 10, 1917. Children: Ruth Eleanor, Robert Earl. Married Marjorie Knapp Workman, September 18, 1948.
Stepchildren: Ann Workman Sheldon, Jenny Workman, Julia Workman Sterrett.
