Boris D. Bogen

Boris D. Bogen was born in Moscow and graduated from the University of Moscow in 1888. He left for the United States in 1892 and worked as a school administrator for more than a decade. Beginning in 1916, he worked for the American Joint Distribution Committee, traveling to Europe under its auspices and the American Relief Administration. Bogen organized a postwar relief operation in Eastern Europe staffed by American-trained social workers. He returned to the United States in 1924. His autobiography was published a year after his death.