lawyer, politician, collector, b. Newark, N.J. He studied at the German-American Academy at Rochester, N.Y., and later moved to Milwaukee where he read law and was admitted to the bar. A prominent Socialist, he was Milwaukee city comptroller (1910-1912) and alderman (1918-1948). An avid antique collector, Dietz possessed the world's largest collection of material relating to the history of the typewriter. He presented this collection to the Milwaukee Public Museum. He served as museum president (1938-1953). Milwaukee Journal, Oct. 30, 1957; W. G. Bruce, ed., Hist. of Milwaukee (3 vols., Chicago, 1922); Lore, 8 (1957), p. 14.

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