Carroll D. Clark

Background

Clark, Carroll D. was born on January 10, 1898 in Minneapolis, Kansas, United States. Son of Rolla M. and Elva (Chapin) Clark.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Kansas, 1922, Master of Arts, 1925. Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1931.

Career

Taught school, Ashland, Kansas. Superintendent schools, Wakefield, Kansas, 1922-1924. Sociological consultant to Governor Alfred M. Landon’s State Planning Board, 1933-1936.

Professor and department chairman sociology U. Kansas, 1933-1962, professor sociology, 1962-1968, professor emeritus, 1968-1978.

Research fellow in human relations Harvard 1945-1946 (on sabbatical leave from U. Kansas). Visiting professor various summer sessions Cornell Univercity, U. Oregon, U. Idaho.

Conductor weekly broadcast on sociomusicology of jazz music over KANU, U. Kansas FM Station, 1957-1959.

Achievements

• Carroll D. Clark has been listed as a noteworthy sociologist. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with United States Army, 1917, 53d Regiment Coast Artillery, in France. Fellow American Sociological Association. Member Kansas Conference Social Work (president 1934), Society Study Social Problems, South.W. (president 1939), Mid-West (president 1941) sociological societies, New York Academy Sciences, Kansas Adult Education Association, American Association of University Professors, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Kappa, Phi Mu Alpha.

Club: Old and New (Lawrence, Kansas).

Connections

Married Pearl L. Holland, July 18, 1923. Children: Chapin Doctorate., DeEtta Jean, Ruby Lorain.