Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1913, Sept. 30 | Born, Los Angeles, Calif. |
| 1936-1939 | A.B., M.A., and Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, Calif. |
| 1936 | Married Emily Heron (divorced 1970) |
| 1939-1952 | Faculty, Social Institutions and Sociology Department, University of California, Berkeley, Calif. |
| 1943-1945 | U.S. Army staff sergeant serving in the Pacific during World War II |
| 1953 | Published Quest for Community: A Study in the Ethics of Order and Freedom. New York: Oxford University Press |
| 1953-1972 | Professor of sociology, University of California, Riverside, Calif. |
| 1953-1963 | Dean, College of Letters and Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Calif. |
| 1960-1963 | Vice chancellor, University of California, Riverside, Calif. |
| 1963-1964 | Guggenheim fellow |
| 1965 | Published Emile Durkheim: Selected Essays. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall |
| 1966 | Published The Sociological Tradition. New York: Basic Books |
| 1968 | Published Tradition and Revolt: Historical and Sociological Essays. New York: Random House |
| 1969 | Published Social Change and History: Aspects of the Western Theory of Development. New York: Oxford University Press |
| 1970 | Published The Social Bond: An Introduction to the Study of Society. New York: Alfred A. Knopf Married Caroline Burks Kirkpatrick |
| 1971 | Published The Degradation of the Academic Dogma: The University in America, 1945-1970. New York: Basic Books |
| 1972-1974 | Professor of sociology and history, University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz. |
| 1973 | Published The Social Philosophers: Community and Conflict in Western Thought. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Edited Social Change, a volume in the Key Concepts in the Social Sciences series, edited by Philip Rieff and Bryan Wilson. New York: Harper and Row |
| 1974 | Published The Sociology of Emile Durkheim. New York: Oxford University Press |
| 1974-1978 | Albert Schweitzer professor of humanities, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. |
| 1975 | Published Twilight of Authority. New York: Oxford University Press |
| 1976 | Published Sociology as an Art Form. New York: Oxford University Press |
| 1978 | Albert Schweitzer professor of humanities emeritus, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. Coeditor with T. B. Bottomore, A History of Sociological Analysis. New York: Basic Books |
| 1978-1980 | Resident scholar, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C. |
| 1980 | Adjunct scholar, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C. Published History of the Idea of Progress. New York: Basic Books |
| 1982 | Published Prejudices: A Philosophical Dictionary. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press |
| 1986 | Published Conservatism: Dream and Reality. Minneapolis, Minn.: University of Minnesota Press |
| 1987 | Published The Making of Modern Society. New York: New York University Press |
| 1988 | Published The Present Age: Progress and Anarchy in Modern America. New York: Harper & Row |
| 1990 | Published Roosevelt and Stalin: The Failed Courtship. Washington, D.C.: Regnery Gateway |
| 1992 | Published Teachers and Scholars: A Memoir of Berkeley in Depression and War. New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Publishers |
| 1996, Sept. 9 | Died, Washington, D.C. |