Background
Coleman, A. Lee was born on January 3, 1913 in Devereux, Georgia, United States. Son of John Amoss and Magnolia (Lee) Coleman.
Coleman, A. Lee was born on January 3, 1913 in Devereux, Georgia, United States. Son of John Amoss and Magnolia (Lee) Coleman.
Bachelor of Arts, Emory University, 1937; Master of Arts, University North Carolina, 1940; Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell Univercity, 1949.
Research analyst, Governmental Research Institute, St. Louis, 1938-1939; social science analyst, farm population, rural life branch, United States Department of Agriculture, Atlanta, also Freeport, Illinois, 1939-1942, 45-46; graduate assistant department rural sociology, Cornell Univercity, 1946-1949; assistant professor, U. Kentucky, 1949-1953; associate professor, U. Kentucky, 1953-1957; professor, U. Kentucky, 1957-1978; professor emeritus, U. Kentucky, 1978-1995; head, later department chairman sociology, U. Kentucky, 1959-1966. Consultant Southern Regional Council, State Commision on Human Rights, Civil Rights division unites states department Justice, National Science Foundation. State advising committee United States Civil Rights Commission, 1963-1985.
Served with Army of the United States, 1942-1945. Member American Sociological Association, Rural Sociological Society (president 1964-1965), Southern Sociological Society (president 1966-1967), North Central Sociological Society.
Married Alberta Louise Nelson, December 11, 1943. Children– Nancy Louise, Martha Lee.