Background
Wagenet, Russell Gordon was born on March 28, 1890 in San Diego, California, United States. Son of Henry William and Julia Magdalen (Scherz) Wagenet.
Wagenet, Russell Gordon was born on March 28, 1890 in San Diego, California, United States. Son of Henry William and Julia Magdalen (Scherz) Wagenet.
Bachelor of Laws, University of California, 1914.
Deputy, commission on immigration and housing, California, 1914-1917. Assistant labor manager B. Kuppenheimer and Company, Chicago, 1919-1920, New York Clothing Manufacturers, 1920-1921. Labor manager Rochester Clothers’ Exchange, 1921-1926.
Executive director New York Building Congress, 1926-1934.
Regional director National Labor Relations Board, San Francisco, 1934-1935. Director Bureau Unemployment Compensation, Social Security Board, 1935-1940.
Director department employment, State of California, 1940-1943. Labor relations counsellor, Marinship Corporation, Sausalito, California, 1943-1946.
Re-appointed director bureau of employment security, Social Security Administration, 1946, assistant director in charge of unemployment insurance from July 1948.
Conducted survey labor relations for United States Coal Commission, Pennsylvania, 1924. Secretary New York Slum Clearance Committee, 1932-1933. Mediator United States Labor Committee, shoe industry, Massachusetts.
Auto, New Jersey.
Pipe, New York City, 1933-1934.
Served United States Army, 1917-1919. Graduate Army General Staff College, Langres, France. Member Society for Advancement of Management.
Married Elizabeth Herroitt Morrison, November 18, 1914 (deceased). Married second, Margaret Helen Lyman, August 2, 1952. Children: Gordon Morrison, Margaret Herriott.