Biografie Kingsley Davis

Biografie

¯ 20.8.1908

Geboren in Tuxedi, Texas.

¯ 192?-1932

Studium an der University of Texas in Austin, Texas; 1930 B.A. (English), 1932 M.A. (Philosophy).

¯ 1932-1936

Studium der Soziologie an der Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts; 1933 M.A. (Sociology). Während des Studiums beeinflusst von Talcott Parsons (1902-1979).

¯ 1936

Ph.D. (Sociology); Dissertation: A structural analysis of kinship; prolegomena to the sociology of kinship.

¯ 1934-1936

Instructor in Sociology am Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts.

¯ 1936-1937

Assistant Professor of Sociology an der Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts.

¯ 1937-1944

Mitglied der Pennsylvania State University in University Park, Pennsylvania: 1937-1942 Associate Professor und 1942-1944 Full Professor of Sociology; 1942-1944 Head of the Division of Sociology.

¯ 1940-1942

Gleichzeitig Studien zur Demographie als Fellow des Social Science Research Council an der University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois.

¯ 1942-1944

Visiting Research Associate am Office of Population Research der Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey.

¯ 1944-1948

Mitglied der Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey: 1944-1948 Research Associate, 1944-1945 Associate Professor of Public Affairs, 1945-1948 Associate Professor of Anthropology and Sociology an dem von ihm gegründeten Department.

¯ 1948-1955

Lebte in New York, New York.

¯ 1948-1955

Full Professor of Sociology an der Graduate Faculty of Political Science der Columbia University in New York, New York. Unter anderem Zusammenarbeit mit Robert K. Merton (1910-2003).

¯ 1949-1955

Gleichzeitig Associate Professor, seit 1952 Full Professor of Sociology sowie Associate Director, seit 1952 Director des von Paul F. Lazarsfeld (1901-1976) gegründeten Bureau of Applied Social Research an der Columbia University.

Außerdem 1954-1961 United States Representative bei der Population Commission der UNO.

¯ 1955-1977

1955-1970 Full Professor of Sociology and Comparative Studies an der University of California in Berkeley, California, 1970-1976 Ford Professor of Sociology and Comparative Studies, 1976-1977 Ford Professor emeritus recalled, 1977 emeritiert; 1961-1963 Chairman des Department of Sociology. Gleichzeitig 1956-1977 Chairman des von ihm gegründeten Programms für "International Population and Urban Research".

Außerdem 1970-1971 Mitglied des Advisory Council for Science and Technology der Legislative Assembly.

¯ 1977-1997

Lebte in Los Angeles, California.

¯ 1977-1992

Distinguished Professor of Sociology an der University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California.

¯ 1981-1997

1981-1992 teilzeitbeschäftigter Senior Research Fellow, 1992-1997 emeritus Senior Research Fellow an der Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace in Stanford, California.

Außerdem 1977-1982 Mitglied des NASA Advisory Council in Washington.

Litt in den letzten Jahren an der parkinsonschen Krankheit.

¯ 27.2.1997

Gestorben in Stanford, California.