William John Ellis

Background

ELLIS, William John was born on November 18, 1892 in Muncy, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Revolution John R. and Annie (Thomas) Ellis.

Education

Hobart College, Bachelor of Arts, and Master of Arts, 1914. Columbia University, 1914-1917. Rutgers University, Doctor of Philosophy, 1928.

Hobart College, Doctor of Laws, 1929.

Career

Teacher, Morse School, Englewood, New Jersey, 1914-1917. Assistant in classification work, Department Institutions and Agencies, New Jersey, 1919-1921, director div. of classification and education, 1921, commissioner of department since 1926. Secretary New Jersey Social Security Commission and of New Jersey Crime Commission.

Member New Jersey, Police Radio.

Membership

Served as lieut. Sanitary corpus, United States army, 1917-1919. Member President’s White House Conference (Chairman of Commission on physically and mentally handicapped), 1928-1929. Member New Jersey State Rehabilitation Commission.

Member of advisory council New Jersey State Emergency Relief Administration. Member Advisory Committee on Prisons, Probation and Parole (of which Doctor Hastings H. Hart was chairman), appointed by the Wickersham Committee on Law Enforcement and Observance. Member New Jersey Juvenile Delinquency Commission.

Member New Jersey Commision on Inter-state Coöperation. Member board The Osborne Association. Member New Jersey Unemployment Relief Commission, 1939.

Member Executive Committee National Committee on Mental Hygiene. Member New Jersey Defense Council (chairman Committee Health, Welfare and Recreation). Member New Jersey Postwar Economic Planning Commission.

Trustee Hobart College. Trustee (life) Rutgers University (life), Vineland Training School. Honorary fellow American College Hospital Adminstrs.

Member American Public Welfare Association (past president), American Prison Congress (past president), National Conference for Social Work, American Legion, Phi Beta Kappa.

• Member, President Hoover’s White House Conference, Chairman, Comm, on Physically and Mentally Handicapped. Advisory Group on Prison Pardon and Parole. Wickersham Comm, on Law Observance and Enforcement. Appointed Official Delegate, of the United States of American by United States Secy, of State, to American Prison Congress at Prague. Representative, New Jersey First International Conference on Mental Hygiene. Member, State Rehabilitation Commission. Board of Trustees, Vineland Training School. Chairman, Comm, on Public Control and Supervision of American Prison Congress. Author of numerous articles and reports on crime, particularly dealing with delinquents and feeble-minded. Member of Board of Directors, American Prison Association. Board of Trustees, American Legion Convalescent Home. Phi Beta Kappa Clubs: Kiwanis, Symposium.

Connections

Married Marie Law, June 27, 1917. Children: Janet Lee, Mary Ellen, John.

Father:

Review John R. Ellis

Mother:

Annie (Thomas) Ellis

Spouse:

Marie Law

child:

Janet Lee Ellis

child:

Mary Ellen Ellis

child:

John Ellis