Background
Hamilton, Charles Horace was born on June 10, 1901 in McLennan County, Texas, United States. Son of William Clark and Amy Jane (Whittenberg) Hamilton.
Hamilton, Charles Horace was born on June 10, 1901 in McLennan County, Texas, United States. Son of William Clark and Amy Jane (Whittenberg) Hamilton.
Bachelor of Arts, Southern Methodist University, 1923. Master of Science, Texas A. and M. College, 1925. Doctor of Philosophy, U. North Carolina, 1932.
Student of University Chicago, 1925, Harvard, 1930-1931.
Professor education Lon Morris College, Jacksonville, Texas, 1925-1926. Assistant rural sociologist Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, 1927-1931. Assistant and associate professor rural sociology North Carolina State College, 1931-1936.
Economist in rural life Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1936-1939.
Senior social scientist, bureau agricultural economics United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, 1939-1940. Head department rural sociology North Carolina State College, 1940-1960, William Neal Reynolds professor rural sociology, 1960-1977.
Visiting professor University of Wisconsin, 1959-1960. Visiting professor sociology and biostatistics, associate director Carolina Population Center, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1967-1971.
On leave as director sociological research Commision on Hospital Care, Chicago, 1945-1946.
Managing editor Rural Sociology, Journal of Rural sociological Society, 1940-1950. Consultant research grants division National Institutes of Health, United States Public Health Service, 1946-1949. President North Carolina Conference for Social Service, 1961-1962.
Secretary rural sub-committee Government’s Commision on Hospital and Medical Care, also chairman statistics and publications sub-committee.
Member of advisory commission on population 1950 United States Census.
Fellow American Statistical Association. Member American Rural Sociological Society (president 1949-1950), American Association University Professors, Southern Sociological Society (president 1957-1958), Population Association American (president 1960-1961), International Population Union.
Married Maurine Phifer, September 9, 1928. Children: Charles Edward (deceased), Elizabeth Ayers (Mistress Charles West. Darden), Mary Bellamy (Mistress Douglas East. Hosler).