Robert Walter Bruere

Background

Bruere, Robert Walter was born on January 6, 1876 in at Saint Charles, Missouri, United States. Son of John Ernst and Cornelia (Schoeneich) Bruere.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, Washington University. Post-graduate work, Universities of Berlin and Chicago.

Career

Instructor German and French, South Side Academy, Chicago, English, University of Chicago, 1899-1904. Lecturer on American literature and municipal government, Rand School of Social Science, New York, 1908-1909. General agent, New York Association for Improving Condition of Poor, 1907-1909.

Member of the board of Arbitration, Dress and Waist Industry, 1915-1917.

Director bureau of Industrial Research, New York, 1917-1923. Associate editor The Survey, 1923-1928.

Research secretary J. C. Penney Foundation, 1928-1930.

Achievements

• Robert Walter Bruere has been listed as a notable author, specialist in industrial relations by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of the board of directors Taylor Society, 1919-1920. Member fact finding commission to Japan and China of Institute Religious and Social Research, 1930-1931. Member of the United States Technical Mission to Brazil, 1943.

Chairman board Palisades Public School, 1932.

Member Vocational Edition and Extension Board of County of Rockland, New York, 1930-1939. Clubs: Cosmos (Washington).

Connections

Married Martha South. Bensley, October 28, 1907.

Father:

John Ernst Bruere

Mother:

Cornelia (Schoeneich) Bruere

Spouse:

Martha South. Bensley