Background
Schein, Edgar Henry was born on March 5, 1928 in Zurich. Came to the United States, 1939, naturalized, 1944. Son of Marcel and Hilde (Schoenbeck) Schein.
Schein, Edgar Henry was born on March 5, 1928 in Zurich. Came to the United States, 1939, naturalized, 1944. Son of Marcel and Hilde (Schoenbeck) Schein.
Bachelor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1946. Bachelor, University Chicago, 1947. Bachelor, Stanford University, 1948.
Master of Arts, Stanford University, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1953.
Teaching assistant statistics Stanford University, 1947-1949. Teaching assistant social psychology Harvard University, 1949-1952. Research psychologist, neuropsychiatry division Walter Reed Army Institute Research, also chief social psychology section, 1952-1956.
Member of faculty Massachusetts Institute of Technology, since 1956, professor organizational psychology and management, since 1964, chairman organization studies group Sloan School Management, 1972-1981, Sloan Fellows professor management, 1978-1997, professor emeritus, senior lecturer, 1995.
Member board, Executive Committee National Training laboratories, 1962-1964. Consultant to government and industry, since 1956.
Served to captain Army of the United States, 1950-1956. Fellow APA; member American Sociological Association, Academy Management.
Married Mary Louise Lodmell, July 28, 1956. Children: Louisa, Elizabeth, Peter.