Background
Barkin, Solomon was born on December 2, 1907 in New York City. Son of Julius and Lillian (Kroll) Barkin.
Barkin, Solomon was born on December 2, 1907 in New York City. Son of Julius and Lillian (Kroll) Barkin.
Bachelor of Science, City College of New York, 1928; Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1929.
Instructor, City College of New York, 1929-1931;
assistant director, New York State Commision on Old Age Security, 1929-1933;
assistant director, NRA Labor Advisory Board, 1933-1936;
chief labor section, division industrial economics, unites states department Commerce, 1936-1937;
director research, Textile Workers Union American, 1937-1963;
deputy director manpower and social affairs directorate, chief social affairs division, Organization of European Cooperation and Development, 1963-1968;
professor economics, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, 1968-1978;
professor emeritus, U. Massachusetts, since 1978. Visiting professor economics Erasmus U., Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1979. Adjunct Professor industrial relations, Columbia, 1959-1963.
Labor consultant War Production Board. Member Am.standard textile safety code, standing advising committee United States Bureau Labor Statistics. Vice Chairman of Commission on research President's Conference on Industrial Safety.
Chairman of the Board Interunion Institute, Inc. Textile consultant United Kingdom Mission of ECA.;Specialist International Information Service, unites states department State. Member Secretary Labor's Committee on Automation.
Chairman of Commission on job redesign National Committee onthe Aging. Vice president Joint Council on Economics Education. Member American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations Standing Committee on Research.
American delegate Inter-American Statistical Congress, to European Productivity Agency Conference on Human Relations, Rome, 1956, Organization of European Economic Cooperation International Textile Conference, Milan, 1957. Delegate International Labor Organization, 1961. Economics adviser International Federation Textile and Clothing Workers Association, 1960.
Fellow division psychological and social science Gerontological Society, Inc. Member Industrial Relations Research Association (past president), American Statistical Association, Council on Foreign Relations, American Economics Association, National Planning Association (trustee), Association Evolutionary Economics (Institutional policy advising committee since 1984), Phi Beta Kappa (associations).
Married Elaine N. Rappaport, April 21, 1940. Children: David Peter, Roger Michael, Amy Claire.