He earned his MA in 1939 and his PhD in 1943 from Ohio State University.
[2] He worked with the Department of War in World War II and was stationed in Europe and in Washington, D.C.[citation needed] His American Philanthropy published in 1960 is considered to be a classic.
[1] He published The Public Good: Philanthropy and Welfare in the Civil War Period in 1980,[3] The Discovery of Poverty in the United States in 1992, and Giving: Charity and Philanthropy in History in 1996.
[5] At Ohio State University, he taught from 1946 until his retirement in 1980 as Emeritus Professor of History.
[citation needed] He served on the President's Science Advisory Committee.