Background
Haring, Douglas Gilbert was born on August 6, 1894 in Watkins Glen, New York, United States. Son of Leon and Emillie N. (Gilbert) Haring.
Haring, Douglas Gilbert was born on August 6, 1894 in Watkins Glen, New York, United States. Son of Leon and Emillie N. (Gilbert) Haring.
Bachelor of Science, Colgate University, 1914. Bachelor of Divinity, Rochester Theological Seminary, 1923. Diploma, School Japanese Language and Culture, Tokyo, 1925.
Master of Arts, Columbia, 1923.
Commissioned missionary Baptist church, 1917. Educational, administrative work, Japan, 1917-1922, 24-26, acting professor of history Tokyo Gakuin, 1925-1926. Lecturer sociology Columbia, 1926-1927.
Member of faculty Syracuse University, 1927-1970, professor anthropology, 1946-1970, department chairman sociology, anthropology, 1957-1970.
Visiting lecturer Harvard, 1944-1946, Columbia, summer 1951. Field research Ryukyu Islands and Japan, Pacific Science Board National Research Council, 1951-1952.
Consultant expert assistant secretary Department Army, 1949.
Member of faculty Syracuse University, 1927-1970, professor anthropology, 1946-1970, department chairman sociology, anthropology, 1957-1970. Fellow Viking Fund, 1947-1948. Fellow American Anthropology
Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Sociol Society.
Member American Folklore Society (member of council), Japanese, American ethnological societies, Association for Asian Studies (board directors), Asiatic Society Japan, American Institute Pacific Relations, Photographic Society American, Society for Applied Anthropology (member executive committee), Asia Society, Society for Ethnomusicology, Japan Society, Toho Gakkai (Tokyo), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Ann Teasdale Howell, August 8, 1918. Children: Frances (deceased), Ruth Ann (Mrs Leonard Lief).