Seymour Louis Wolfbein

Background

Seymour Louis Wolfbein was born on November 8, 1915, in Brooklyn, New York, United States. He was the son of Samuel Wolfbein and Fannie Katz.

Education

In 1936, Wolfbein received a Bachelor of Arts from Brooklyn College. He also received a Master of Arts from Columbia University in 1937 and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1941 from the same university.

Career

Wolfbein began his career as a Research Associate at the United States Senate Committee on Unemployment and Relief. Then, from 1939 to 1942, he was an economist in the Division of Research at World Pet Association. From 1942 until 1967 he worked for the United States Department of Labor in Washington, D.C., with the exception of the years from 1944 to 1945, when he served in the United States Army. Wolfbein then joined the faculty at Temple University, where he taught business and economics and became dean of the School of Business Administration (now the Fox School of Business and Management), the post he held until 1978. After leaving Temple, he took on several consulting posts in such countries as Austria, Japan, Sweden, Italy, and Greece and was a business advisor in the United States.

Wolfbein also wrote several books, including Employment and Unemployment in the United States (1964), Work in American Society (1971), and Establishment Reporting in the United States (1979).

Achievements

• Seymour Wolfbein is best known as the author of several books on employment, economics, and business.
  
  He also was a recipient of the Alumni Award and Distinguished Service Award.

Works

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  • Employment, Unemployment, and Public Policy 1964
  • Work in American Society 1971
  • The Decline of a Cotton Textile City 1944

Interests

• Painting

Connections

On March 1, 1941, Wolfbein married Mae Lachterman. They had two children: Susan Lois and Deeva Irene.

Father:

Samuel Wolfbein

Mother:

Fanny (Katz) Wolfbein

Spouse:

Mae Lachterman

Daughter:

Deeva Irene Wolfbein

Daughter:

Susan Lois Wolfbein

References

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