
Yankey, the professorship-holder emeritus His Professorship in Family and Child Welfare was established in 1978. Mayo left the deanship in 1948 to head The Association for the Aid of Crippled Children, later named the Foundation for Child Development in New York City. While in Cleveland, he served the city, county and state as an advisor to numerous committees on social welfare. In his first years, he not only secured the school’s financial base but won the respect of Cleveland’s social service agencies. Mayo was appointed dean of the School of Applied Social Sciences at Western Reserve University and served from 1941 to 1948. He was named to that post after serving in New York on Governor Nelson A.

Kennedy’s Committee on Mental Retardation, which produced recommendations that modernized care and services. From 1961 to 1962 he was chairman and director of President John F. He served on four White House Conferences on Children and Youth from 1930 to 1960, and was advisor to five presidents from Truman to Ford. During World War II, he was the chairperson of the Federal Commission on Children in Wartime. Leonard Worthington Mayo helped shape the nation’s policies on child welfare and mental and physical disabilities for nearly 60 years by being a gentle but persistent persuader with enormous insight and knowledge. Mayo Professorship in Family and Child Welfare Leona Bevis/Marguerite Haynam Associate Professor in Community Development.Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Dean in Applied Social Sciences.

Some of our endowed chairs have been recognized as being among the top 2% of cited researchers in the world, and among the top 100 most cited social work scholars in the nation. The Mandel School is highly ranked in the number of endowed professorships among schools of social work in the country with a total of 10.

Previously Offered Study Abroad Courses.Dean Voisin Talks Interprofessional Education (IPE).Social Work & Bioethics and Medical Humanities.Intensive Weekend Social Work Master’s Degree.
