Persons, William Frank (1876-1955)

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National Conference of Charities and Correction

Jane Addams to William Frank Persons, February 20, 1912

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, December 27, 1918

Emily Greene Balch to Jane Addams, August 29, 1919

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Birth Date

1876-08-31

Death Date

1955-05-27

Birthplace

Brandon, IO

Biographical Text

William Frank Persons dedicated his career to charity. He attended Cornell College and Harvard Law School. Persons then worked as assistant editor of Charities, and was the Assistant Secretary of the National Conference of Charities and Corrections and of the Charity Organization Society of the City of New York. He later served as Director of the latter, and Director of the Department of Civilian Relief for the American Red Cross. In 1919, he resigned from his position in the Red Cross to enter private business. In 1925, Persons published a book, Central Financing of Social Agencies, and went on to become the director of the Employment Bureau of the Department of Labor.

Persons married Eugenia Bray in 1909. The couple had two sons: Frank Jr. and Edward. Persons died in 1955.