David Saposs
| David J. Saposs | |
|---|---|
| Born |
February 22, 1886 Kiev, Russian Empire |
| Died | November 13, 1968 (aged 82) Washington, D.C., United States |
| Nationality | Ukrainian, American |
| Occupation | Economist, historian, educator |
David Joseph Saposs (February 22, 1886 – November 13, 1968) was an American economist, historian, and civil servant. He is best known for being the chief economist of the National Labor Relations Board from 1935 to 1940.
David Saposnik was born on February 22, 1886, in the city of Kiev in the Russian Empire. His parents were Isaac Saposnik, a peddler, and Shima Erevsky Saposnik. In 1895, the family emigrated to the United States and shortened their name to Saposs. The Jewish family settled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. David quit school in the fifth grade and worked in beer breweries in his teens to help support his family. In 1906, at the age of 20, he was elected shop steward for the local brewery workers' union.
Although he lacked a high school diploma, Saposs was admitted in 1907 to the University of Wisconsin (UW). He graduated in 1911, and enrolled part-time in the graduate program at UW. He enrolled full-time beginning in 1913, and graduated with a Ph.D. in economics in 1915. While in the doctoral program at Wisconsin, Saposs was a student of the nationally known labor economist John R. Commons and a close friend of fellow student Selig Perlman (who later became a nationally known labor economist in his own right).
Saposs worked in a variety of positions over the next few years. He was an accident prevention investigator for the New York Department of Labor, an investigator into the role immigrants played in American labor unions for the Carnegie Corporation, investigated the Steel strike of 1919 on behalf of the Inter-Church World Movement Commission, and was Educational Director for the Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union.
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