Background
Pierson, Donald was born on September 8, 1900 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Son of William Gilbert and Ada May (Brown) Pierson.
social anthropologist research sociologist
Pierson, Donald was born on September 8, 1900 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Son of William Gilbert and Ada May (Brown) Pierson.
AB, College Emporia, 1927. AM, University Chicago, 1933. Doctor of Philosophy, 1939.
Research Committee, 1935-1937. Research associate Fisk University, 1937-1939. Professor sociology, social anthropology Escola de Sociologia e Politica of São Paulo, Brazil, 1939-1959, department chairman sociology and anthropology, 1941-1943, organizer graduate studies in social science, dean graduate division 1943-1957, Inter-American exchange professor United States State Department, 1943-1945.
AnthropologistInst.
Social Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution in charge Brazilian program of research and research training in cooperation with Escola de Sociologia e Politica of São Paulo, 1945-1952. Visiting professor Inter American Program Advanced Training Applied Social Sciences, Organisation American States, Escuela Nacional de Antropologia, Mexico, 1960, 61. Guggenheim fellow, Portugal, Spain, 1963-1964.
Fulbright lecturer, Portugal, 1966.
(This book is a study of race contact at Bahia.)
Member: American Sociological Society, American Anthropological Association, Society Interamericana de Antropología e Geografía. Society Brasileira de Antropología e Etnología.
Married Helen Joy Batchelor, June 12, 1929.