Charles Francis Westoff

Background

Westoff, Charles Francis was born on July 23, 1927 in New York City. Son of Frank Barnett and Evelyn (Bales) Westoff.

Education

AB, Syracuse University, New York, 1949. Master of Arts, Syracuse University, New York, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy, University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1953.

Career

Instructor sociology University Pennsylvania, 1950—1952. Research associate Milbank Memorial Fund, New York City, 1952—1955. Research associate Office Population Research Princeton University, New Jersey, 1955—1962, Maurice P. During '22 professor demographic studies and sociology, 1962—1999, professor emeritus, since 1999, senior research demographer, since 1999, chairman department sociology, 1965—1970, associate director Office Population Research, 1962—1975, director, 1975—1992.

Associate professor sociology New York University, also chairman department sociology Washington Square College, 1959—1962. Visiting senior fellow East-West Population Institute, Honolulu, 1979—1981. Distinguished visiting professor American University, Cairo, 1979.

Member visiting committee Harvard-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Joint Center for Urban Studies, 1980—1983. Executive director Commission Population Growth and American Future, 1970—1972. Member advisory committee on population statistics United States Bureau Census, 1973—1979.

Chairman National Committee for Research on 1980 Census, 1981—1988. Board directors Alan Guttmacher Institute, 1977—1988, since 1989. Senior technical advisor Demographic Health Surveys, since 1984.

Board directors Population Resource Center, since 1985, Population Reformed Bureau, 1988—1994, Population Communications International, 1992—1998. Committee on population National Academy of Sciences, 1983—1988.

Achievements

• Charles Francis Westoff has been listed as a noteworthy Demographer, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The Contraceptive Revolution (Office of Population Research)

    ( Here is the full report of the 1970 National Fertility ...)

  • Family Growth in Metropolitan America (Office of Population Research)

    ( This analysis is based upon a study of 1,165 couples, a...)

  • From Now to Zero
  • College Women and Fertility Values
  • The Contraceptive Revolution (Office of Population Research) by Charles F. Westoff (2015-02-16)

Membership

Fellow American Sociological Association, American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member Institute Medicine National Academy Science, Planned Parenthood Federation American (director 1978-1981), Population Association American (board directors 1960-1962, 68-70, 1st vice president 1972-1973, president 1974-1975), International Union Science Study Population.

Connections

Married Joan P. Uszynski, September 11, 1948 (divorced January 1969). Children: David, Carol. Married Leslie Aldridge, August 1969 (divorced February 1993).

Married Jane De Lung, May 1997.

Father:

Frank Barnett Westoff

Mother:

Evelyn (Bales) Westoff

Spouse:

Joan P. Uszynski

Spouse:

Leslie Aldridge

Spouse:

Jane De Lung

child:

Carol Westoff

child:

David Westoff