Isidore S. Falk
(1889 -1984)
I.S. Falk was an early Social Security employee, having worked for the Committee on Economic Security in 1934. Dr. Falk was a Professor at the University of Chicago and an Instructor in Public Health at Yale University before coming to work for the Social Security Board in December 1936. Initially, he was hired as Principal Medical Economist for the Board and he would go on to a career as head of SSA's Office of Research and Statistics.
Dr. Falk was one of the nation's leading scholars on public health issues for many decades. After leaving government service in 1954, he went on to a long and distinguished career at Yale University.
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