In the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, Congress
suggested the need for a federal study of state workers’ compensation. A
commission was formed, and met for just over a year. Testimony was taken from a
variety of sources. Fifteen members were appointed by the President; the remainder
designated by Cabinet officers. In July 1972, The National Commission on State
Workmen’s Compensation Laws rendered a 25 page summary report of its recommendations.
The Commission was composed of twenty members overall, exclusively male.
Scholars/Academics (3)
John F. Burton, (Atty. and Ph.D.) Associate Professor of Industrial
Relations and Public Policy, University of Chicago.
John A. Greenlee (Ph.D.), President, California State
University, Los Angeles
Samuel B. Horovitz (Atty.), Professor of Law, Suffolk
University, Boston, Massachussets.
Federal Government (4)
Hudson B. Drake, Director Bureau of Domestic
Commerce (Secretary of Commerce Designee)
John Mulligan, Industrial Relations Officer,
Office of Domestic Business Policy (Secretary of Commerce Designee)
Alfred G. Albert (Atty.), Deputy Solicitor (Secretary of
Labor Designee)
Eric Feirtag (Atty.), Attorney, Office of the Solicitor
(Secretary of Labor Designee)
State Regulators (4)
M. Holland Krise (Atty.), Chairman, the Industrial
Commission of Ohio (
Daniel T. Doherty (Atty. and Ph.D.), Chairman, Maryland Workmen’s
Compensation Commission (past President of the IAIABC, Executive Committee Member of SAWCA).
James L. Flournoy (Atty.), Commission for State Workmen’s
Compensation Appeals Board, California
Marion E. Martin, Commissioner of Labor and
Industry for the State of Maine
Insurance Industry (2)
Melvin B. Bradshaw, Executive Vice President
Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.
Andrew Kalmykow (Atty.), Counsel, American Insurance
Association
Employers (2)
Clarence E. Caruthers, Administrator, Workmen’s’
Compensation, Ford Motor Company
William J. Moshofsky (Atty.), Vice President, Georgia
Pacific Corporation.
Medical Professionals (3)
Henry F. Howe, (M.D.) Associate Director, Department of
Environmental Public and Occupational Health, American Medical Association.
Henry H. Kessler, (M.D. and Ph.D.) Director Professional Education
and Research, The Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation.
Marcus Key, (M.D.) Director, National Institute of
Occupational Safety and Health
Organized Labor Representatives (2)
James R. O’Brien, Assistant Director, AFL-CIO
Department of Social Security
Michael R. Peevey, Director of Research,
California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO
According to its report, the Commission was also blessed with 22 professional staff, two expert consultants, and 12 secretarial
and support staff, and relied upon 30 contractors.
The members brought a variety of experiences and backgrounds to the mission of analyzing workers' compensation. The following are organizations which various members listed in their respective biographical descriptions:
The members brought a variety of experiences and backgrounds to the mission of analyzing workers' compensation. The following are organizations which various members listed in their respective biographical descriptions:
Advisory
Committee on Workmen's Compensation
Advisory
Committee for Self-Insurers to the Chairman of the New
York Workmen's
Compensation Board
American Bar
Association Committee on Workmen's Compensation and Employer's Liability Law
American Medical
Association
Atomic Industrial
Forum - Workmen's Compensation Committee
President's
Committee on Employment of the Handicapped
The Advisory
Committee on Occupational Health to the Surgeon General of the United States
The American
Association of State Compensation Insurance Funds
The Board of
Managers of the Self-Insurers Association of New York
The Boston Urban
Foundation
The Council of
State Governments
The Governor's
Advisory Committee on Vocational Rehabilitation
The International
Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions
The International
Society for Rehabilitation of the Disabled
The Maryland
Governor's Commission to Review the Workmen's Compensation Laws
The National
Council on Rehabilitation
The National
Council of State Self-Insurers Associations
The Silicosis and
Second Injury Funds of Michigan
The Southern
Association of Workmen's Compensation Administrators
The United
Nations and the World Veterans Federation
Unemployment
Benefit Advisors, Inc.
U.S. Department
of Labor - Advisory Committee on Workmen's Compensation Studies