Arthur J. Altmeyer was born in DePere, Wisconsin May 8, 1891. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a BA in 1914. In 1918, he re-entered the University as a graduate student, working with John R. Commons. They and others at Wisconsin were proponents of the progressive, liberal social policy of a positive and vigorous role for government. De Pere is a city located in Brown County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. ... May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (129th in leap years). ... 1891 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... For the University of Wisconsin system, see University of Wisconsin System. ... 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... John Rogers Commons (1862 - 1945) was a well-known institutional economist, and born in Hollansburg, Ohio. ...

Altmeyer became interested in social and labor policies when he learned about Commons' role as the principal author of Wisconsin's workmen's compensation program, which was then the only one in the United States.

Altmeyer was also working for the Wisconsin State Tax Commission and the Wisconsin Industrial Commission under Edwin E. Witte while working on his M.A. which was granted in 1921, and his PhD which was granted in 1931. In 1933 he became an officer of the National Recovery Administration (Chief of the compliance Division) and he served as an assistant Secretary of Labor and the Chairman of the Technical Board of the Committee on Economic Security (where the social security act was developed) in 1934 and 1935. In 1935 he became a member of the executive committee of the National Youth Administration, and the Social Security Board, rising to chairman in 1937. Edwin E. Witte (January 4, 1887 - May 20, 1960) is sometimes called the father of social security, because he developed the original plan for social security as the executive director of the Presidents Committee on Economic Security in 1934, under United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt. ... 1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... As part of the New Deal in the United States, the National Recovery Administration developed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his Administration pushed industries to make codes and rules for fair competition. It gave more rights to workers and employees, and assisted industries as well as poor unemployed people... The United States Secretary of Labor is the head of the United States Department of Labor. ... 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Altmeyer hired Wilbur J. Cohen as an aide, and Frank Bane as first executive director of the Social Security Board. Altmeyer was criticized for his policy that the Social Security Administration would help people get benefits they were entitled to. His critics found a law from 1835 saying that no officer of the Federal Government "shall encourage a claim against the federal government". The United States Social Security Administration (SSA) manages the United States social insurance program, consisting of retirement, disability, and survivors benefits. ... 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

Even while emphasizing the efficient and non-partisan administration of the Social Security Administration, Altmeyer continued to speak out for policies that he believed in. This sentence from a speech in 1943 summarizes his view: 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ...

I believe that we should be thinking in terms of developing for this country a unified comprehensive system of contributory social insurance which would cover all of the major economic hazards to which the workers of this country are subjected, namely, old age, disability, death, and unemployment.

After the Social Security Administration was created, Altmeyer was the commissioner for social security. In 1953, after Dwight D. Eisenhower became president, the office of commissioner for social security was abolished, in favor of a new office, the commissioner of social security. After public outcry because Altmeyer's job was eliminated a few days before he could retire with benefits, Eisenhower's administration offered him a one month appointment to a position, but he refused to accept being paid for a non-job. 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Order: 34th President Vice President: Richard Nixon Term of office: January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961 Preceded by: Harry S. Truman Succeeded by: John F. Kennedy Date of birth: October 14, 1890 Place of birth: Denison, Texas Date of death: March 28, 1969 Place of death: Washington, D.C. First... Seal of the President of the United States The President of the United States is the head of state of the United States. ...

He then served in a variety of United Nations posts, advising other countries on social security and labor issues. The United Nations, or UN, is an international organization established in 1945 and now made up of 191 states. ...

He died on October 16, 1972. October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in Leap years). ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ...