Dr. Charles A. Brind, Jr. served as the 12th president of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) from 1935 until 1941. Among his greatest accomplishments was initiating the Feld-Hamilton Law, which created a definitive state salary plan.
A letter from Beulah Bailey, vice president of the Association of State Civil Service Employees (as the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) was then known), requesting a telegram of greeting from newly elected United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on the occasion of the association's 1933 annual dinner in Albany, New York. Bailey notes that Roosevelt had been the association's guest at the dinner over the past two-three years during his term as New York Governor. (Courtesy of the Roosevelt Presidential Library, Hyde Park, New York.)
A scan of a telegram of greeting to the 1933 annual dinner of the Association of State Civil Service Employees (as Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) was then known) from newly elected United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. According to Association records, Roosevelt had attended the annual dinner on previous occasions during his term as New York State Governor. The telegram is addressed to association Vice President Beulah Bailey. (Courtesy of the Roosevelt Presidential Library, Hyde Park, New York.)
William F. McDonough served as the 10th president of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) from 1929 until 1934. McDonough supported the first State Employee Credit Union which opened on December 18, 1934. During his administratio, sick leave for departmental workers was established.
Wellington Ives served as the 2nd president of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) from 1920-1921. During Ives' presidency, the New York State Retirement System open to CSEA members went into effect on January 1, 1921.