I rise today to mark the centennial on April 20 of the birth of Abraham Epstein. a social reformer and scholar highly influential in the establshment of Social Security. With his death a half century ago at the age 50. the Nation lost an important advocate for the elderly and the poor. Abraham Epstein was born in Russia in 1892. and emigrated to the United States in 1910 at the age of 17. Seven years later he became a naturalized citizen. After receiving his degree at the University of Pittsburgh. he served from 1918 until 1927 as research director of the Pennsylvania Commission on Old Age Pensions. He could count as among his accomplishments preparing the first bill on old age pensions. which was introduced in the Pennsylvania Legislature in 1921.
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