The Administrative Career of Dr. W. W. Stockberger

The following article is reprinted from Volume I, no. 1, the Autumn 1940 issue of Public Administration Review. This article is reproduced to commemorate the accomplishments of Dr. Warner W. Stockberger, a pioneer and leader in the field of federal personnel administration. Readers may recognize Dr. Stockberger as the individual for whom IPMA's highest honor award is named, and as the first director of personnel for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Among his many other accomplishments, Dr. Stockberger served as the first president of the Society for Personnel Administration. This article was written by Eldon L. Johnson, formerly editor of Public Administration Review, and administrator of the Graduate School of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. We thank him for allowing us to reprint this article as a tribute to the achievements of Dr. Stockberger.