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Administrative History

Philip M. Kaiser was appointed to Special Assistant to the Governor on Problems of the Aging on January 13, 1955. Kaiser was an economist for the Federal Reserve System from 1939-1942 and from 1942-1946 he was with the Board of Economic Welfare and the Foreign Economic Administration. In 1949, he was appointed Assistant Secretary of Labor by President Harry Truman and served in that position until 1953 when he became a labor advisor to the Free Europe Committee.

Kaiser devoted his efforts to developing a coordinated program for the various state departments and agencies, as well as local and private agencies, in meeting the special needs of the aging. He served as Chairman of the Inter-departmental Committee on Problems of the Aging which was established by Governor W. Averell Harriman in March 1955, to advise on problems and developments affecting the aging and to assist in the formulation of recommendations for the needed Executive and Legislative action.