Arnold Marshall Rose

Background

Rose, Arnold Marshall was born on July 2, 1918 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Frank A. and Ruth (Wilansky) Rose.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, University of Chicago, 1938, Master of Arts, 1940, Doctor of Philosophy, (Marshall Field fellow 1940-1941, Social Science Research Council fellow 1945-1946), 1946.

Career

He was elected to the Minnesota Legislature and to the presidency of the American Sociological Association (American Statistical Association). He held faculty appointments at Bennington College, Washington University and the University of Minnesota. He had a special interest in the study of race relations.

Born in Chicago in 1918, Rose earned several degrees from the University of Chicago, including undergraduate degrees in sociology and economics, then master"s and doctoral degrees in sociology.

He served in World World War II in the Mediterranean Theater. As a young man, he assisted Gunnar Myrdal on An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy.

He worked at the University of Minnesota from 1949 until his death. He also wrote The Negro in America and The Power Struggle.

Studying the issue of race relations, Rose found that racism presented four problems.

He spent stints as a Fulbright Professor at the University of Paris and the University of Rome in the 1950s. Rose was elected to a seat in the Minnesota Legislature in 1962. He did not seek another term because he had been diagnosed with cancer by 1966.

Rose married sociologist and professor Caroline Baer in 1943.

He died in January 1968, shortly after being elected president of the American Statistical Association but before beginning his term of office. The organization chose to recognize him as one of its presidents.

Achievements

• Arnold Marshall Rose has been listed as a noteworthy sociologist. by Marquis Who's Who.

Views

lieutenant limited a society"s access to talent and leadership, aggravated social issues like poverty, cost a society money and time to defend, and damaged goodwill between nations.

Membership

Member Minnesota House of Representatives, 1963-1965. Member Society Study Social Problems (president 1955-1956), International Midwest (president 1961-1962) American (vice president 1965-1966) sociological associations, International Gerontological Association, American Committee Cultural Freedom, American Association University Professors, Society Psychological Study Social Issues, Sociological Research Association Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Caroline Baer, December 24, 1942. Children: Richard, Ruth, Dorothy.

Father:

Frank A. Rose

Mother:

Ruth (Wilansky) Rose

Spouse:

Caroline Baer

child:

Dorothy Rose

child:

Ruth Rose

child:

Richard Rose