Background
Haller, Archibald Orben was born on January 15, 1926 in San Diego, California, United States. Son of Archie O. and Eleanor (Brizzee) Haller.
Haller, Archibald Orben was born on January 15, 1926 in San Diego, California, United States. Son of Archie O. and Eleanor (Brizzee) Haller.
Bachelor magna cum laude, Hamline University, 1950. Master of Arts, University Minnesota, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1954.
Doctor of Social Sciences (honorary), Ohio State University, Columbus, 2007.
Associate professor, then professor sociology Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1956—1965. Postdoctoral researcher University Wisconsin, Madison, 1954—1956, visiting professor, 1964, professor sociology and rural sociology, 1965—1994, emeritus professor, since 1994, affiliated faculty Industrial Relations Research Institute, 1975—1994, faculty in Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian studies, 1965—1994, affiliated faculty Institute Environmental Studies, Conservation Biology and Sustainable Development, 1990—1994, independent research, writing, lecturer, since 2002. Fulbright professor sociology Rural University of Brazil, 1962, University Sao Paulo, 1974, 79, 83, 1987—1990.
Visiting professor sociology Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1973. Fulbright travel grantee University Sao Paulo, Brasilia, Pernambuco, Paraiba and Ceara, Brazil, 1979. Consultant on Amazonian research Government of Brazil, 1979, 1991—1995.
Visiting fellow Australian National University, 1981. Distinguished visiting professor rural sociology Ohio State University, 1982—1983. Consultant United Nations Educational, 1989, Federal University Pernambuco, 1994, Federal Rural University Amazonia, 1997—1998, Indiana University, Bangladesh, 1998.
Consultant national social change President of Brazil, 1994—1996. Consultant on Amazonian research Government of Brazil, 1997. Visiting professor doctoral program in sociology and polit science Federal University Minas Gerais, Brazil, 1998, Brazil, 2000—2002.
Organizer symposia on Brazil. Active duty aviation electronics United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946, member National Defense Executive Reserve, 1959-1965.
Member Michigan Committee on Mental Health Policies, 1961-1962, National Executive Reserve, 1959-1966. Member sociology fellowship panel Council on International Exch. Scholars, 1977-1981, chairman, 1981.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Sociological Association. Member International Rural Sociological Association, International Sociological Association, L.Am. Rural Sociological Association, Midwest Sociological Association, Sociological Research Association, L.Am.
Studies assosiation, New York Academy Sciences, Rural Sociological Society (president 1970-1971, representative American Association for the Advancement of Science 1973-1986, Distinguished Rural Sociologist 1990), University Club, Sigma Xi, Gamma Sigma Delta, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Hazel Laura Zimmermann, February 15, 1947 (deceased 1985). Children: Elizabeth Ann, Stephanie Lynn Bylin, William John. Married Maria Camila Omegna Rocha, April 12, 1986 (divorced 1987).
Married Maria Cristina Del Peloso, September 16, 1989. Stepchildren: Graziella, Camila.