Kendra S. Horn: “last week one of America's great citizens passed away at the age of 91, Arthur S. Flemming. He grew up in upstate New…”

“last week one of America's great citizens passed away at the age of 91, Arthur S. Flemming. He grew up in upstate New York where his father was a lawyer, an active Republican, and an active Methodist. But instead of pursuing the family tradition in the law after he graduated from Ohio Wesleyan, Arthur came to Washington during the Coolidge administration. He joined David Lawrence on what later became the weekly U.S. News and World Report. His assignment was to cover the Supreme Court of the United States. During the 1930's he became more and more interested in the evolution of public administration as an academic discipline. He became the founding dean of the School of Public Affairs at the American University in Washington. President Franklin D. Roosevelt tapped him to fill the Republican slot on the U.S. Civil Service Commission. For almost a decade his Democratic colleagues yielded to him to run the Commission. So he was in charge of the policies to build a larger civilian work force as the Second World War came and went. Following the war, President Truman utilized Flemming's skills as assistant director of defense mobilization. After President Eisenhower was elected in 1952, Flemming was made director.”