Takes oath of office as member of Social Security board. Washington, D.C., Aug. 9. George E. Bigge, of Providence, Rhode Island, today taking the oath of office as a member of the Social Security Board to succeed the former Chairman John J. Winant. A former professor of economics at Brown University, Bigge was also the first Chairman of the Unemployment Commission of Rhode Island. In the photogrpah, left to right: Vincent M. Miles, member of the Board; Arthur J. Altymeyer, Chairman of the Board; George E. Biggie, and George E. Scott, Cheif of the Bureau of Business Management of the Social Security Board, who administered the oath, 8/9/37