Background
Tiryakian, Edward Ashod was born on August 6, 1929 in Bronxville, New York, United States. Son of Ashod Haroutioun and Keghinee (Agathon) Tiryakian.
Tiryakian, Edward Ashod was born on August 6, 1929 in Bronxville, New York, United States. Son of Ashod Haroutioun and Keghinee (Agathon) Tiryakian.
Bachelor summa cum laude, Princeton University, 1952. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1954. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1956.
Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Rene Descartes, Paris, 1987.
Instructor Princeton University, 1956—1957, assistant professor, 1957—1962. Lecturer Harvard University, 1962—1965. Associate professor Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1965—1967, professor, 1967—2004, chairman department sociology and anthropology, 1969—1972, director international studies, 1988—1991, professor emeritus, since 2004.
Visiting lecturer University Philippines, 1954-1955, Bryn Mawr College, 1957-1959. Visiting scientist program American Sociological Association, 1967-1970. Visiting professor Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, 1978, Institute Political Studies, Paris, 1992, Free University, Berlin, 1996.
Summer seminar director National Endowment of the Humanities, 1978, 80, 93, 89, 91, 96. Lecturer Kyoto American Studies Summer Seminar, 1985, project leader Fulbright New Century, Central Scholars Program, 2002-2003.
Member American Sociological Association, African Studies Association, American Society for Study Religion (co uncil 1975-1978, president 1981-1984), Association Internationale des Sociologues de Langue Française (vice president 1985-1988, president 1988-1992), Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy, Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Princeton.
Married Josefina Cintron, September 5, 1953. Children: Edmund Carlos, Edwyn Ashod.