Abner Nerimi HURWITZ ²

   Another name for Abner was Avenner.

  General Notes:

Abner was responsible for the "Progeny of Menachem Mendel...Hurwitz..." family tree.

June 12, 2005: It turns out that Abner Hurwitz, author of the Menachem Hurwitz family tree, was also author of the Consumer Price Index reports at the Bureau of Labor Statistics and later helped establish census bureaus in developing nations. ²

  Research Notes:

The census of 1930 has Abner's age as 21. The SSDI has October 24, 1906, as Abner's date of birth. ^{3 4}

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Residence, Apr 21, 1910, 408 East Superior Ave., Jacksonville, Ill. ⁵

2. Residence, Mar 15, 1920, 2321 Powell Ave., Chicago, Ill. ⁶

3. Residence, Apr 14, 1930, 5420 W. Division St., Chicago. ⁴

4. Graduation, Feb 23, 1942, George Washington University, Washington, DC. ⁷ Abner graduated with a BA from Columbian College.

5. Social Security Registration: Washington, DC. ³

6. Article, Jun 1946, Journal of the American Statistical Association. ⁸ Abner was coauthor of "The Membership of the American Statistical Association--An Analysis."

7. Employment, Mar 2, 1951, Department of Labor Statistics, Curie Hall [near Potomac River and Lincoln Memorial], Washington, DC. ⁹ Abner was in charge of the Consumer Price Index under Commissioner Ewan Clague.

8. Employment, Sep 7, 1956, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington, DC. ¹⁰ Abner responded to criticism from Representative Augustine B. Kelley of Pennsylvania concerning the Consumer Price Index which he authored.

9. Employment, Oct 25, 1956, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington, DC. ¹¹

10. Award, Oct 25, 1956, Hotel Washington, Washington, DC. ¹¹ Abner received one of four annual awards from the Washington Chapter of the American Marketing Association for his "10-volume study" of "consumer expenditures, incomes, and savings" published by the Wharton School of Finance.

11. Employment, 1962, Thailand. ¹² Abner was a part of the United States Operations Mission to Thailand.

12. Article, Dec 1962, Journal of the American Statistical Association. ¹² Abner was author of the article, "Constants and Compromise in the Consumer Price Index."

13. Residence, 1993, 3401 Annandale Road, Falls Church, Virginia 22042. ¹³

14. Residence, Nov 1999, McLean, Virginia 22101. ³

Abner married Sylvia KLEINBERG before 1932.¹ (Sylvia KLEINBERG was born on May 24, 1906 ³ and died on Aug 13, 1994 in Falls Church, Virginia 22042 ³.)