Background
Kingsley, Sherman Colver was born on May 27, 1866 in Waverly, Iowa, United States. Son of Calvin and Mary (Williams) Kingsley.
Kingsley, Sherman Colver was born on May 27, 1866 in Waverly, Iowa, United States. Son of Calvin and Mary (Williams) Kingsley.
Bachelor of Science, Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, 1892, Doctor of Laws, Phi Beta Kappa, 1917. Postgraduate Harvard, 1893-1894.
Assistant secretary, Brooklyn bureau of Charities, 1894-1895. Agent Boston Children’s Aid Society, 1895-1900. General secretary Boston Children’s Friend Society, 1900-1904.
General superintendent Chicago Relief and Aid Society, 1904-1909. Superintendent United Charities of Chicago (consolidation of Chicago Relief and Aid Society and the Bureau of Charities), April 1909-October 1911. Director Elizabeth McCormick Memorial Fund.
Special collaborator United States Bureau Education in matters pertaining to health of school children. Director Welfare Federation of Cleveland, January 1917-June 1921. Executive secretary Welfare Federal of Philadelphia, 1921-1934.
Member National Conference Social Work (president 1927), American Economics Association. Club: Rotary.
Married Bessie Lesquereux Cook, of Detroit, Michigan, August 25, 1895. Children: Elizabeth Reynolds, Frances Josephine.