Boris Shishkin

Boris Basil Shishkin (October 28, 1906 – June 12, 1984) served many different roles in his 38 years at American Federation of Labor, including as the head of the AFL–CIO Department of Civil Rights following the merger of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.

Biography Shishkin was born in Odessa, Russian Empire. In 1919, his family relocated to Turkey before the family immigrated to the United States. Shishkin moved to Washington D.C. for a fellowship at the Brookings Institution in 1932.

He was the vice president and later chairman of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Shishkin married Julia L. Kitendaugh on April 24, 1931; they divorced in 1949. Shishkin remarried to Hildegard M. Blanken on October 18, 1955. Shishkin died with Alzheimer's disease at age 77.

Written works Shishkin, Boris (September 8, 2016). "Organized Labor and the Veteran:". The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. doi:10.1177/000271624523800120. Shishkin, Boris (April 1, 1947). "The Settlement of Contract Negotiation Disputes: A Labor Viewpoint". Law and Contemporary Problems. 12 (2): 357–366. ISSN 0023-9186. Shishkin, Boris (April 1, 1944). "Problems Affecting Labor". Law and Contemporary Problems. 10(4): 613–632. ISSN 0023-9186.