Joel I. Seidman

Joel I. Seidman (1906-1977) was a 20th-century economics professor and Socialist, best known for his 1932 dissertation and book The Yellow Dog Contract as well as work with Brookwood Labor College.

He attended the Baltimore City College[2] and earned a BA from the Johns Hopkins University in 1926.

[10] During the 1930s and 1940s, Seidman served for five years on the National Labor Relations Board, less time spent in military service during World War II.

[5] In the 1938 United States House of Representatives elections, Seidman ran for New York's 13th congressional district seat on the Socialist ticket.

Around 1947,[5] Seidman joined the Industrial Relations Center in the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business, where he taught and directed research,[5] as well as serving as chairman of the Hyde Park Cooperative Society.

Seidman studied at the Johns Hopkins University in the mid-1920s (here, Gilman Hall)
Sedman taught at Brookwood Labor College in the 1930s (here, main building)