Background
Smigel, Erwin O. was born on November 3, 1917 in New York City. Son of Joseph O. and Ida (Sachs) Smigel.
Smigel, Erwin O. was born on November 3, 1917 in New York City. Son of Joseph O. and Ida (Sachs) Smigel.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity North Carolina, 1939, postgraduate, 1939-1940. Master of Arts (penfield fellow), New York University, 1942, Doctor of Philosophy, 1949. From instructor to associate professor sociology Indiana University, 1948-1957.
Senior fellow law and behaviorial science University of Chicago Law School, 1957-1958.
Associate professor New York University, 1958-1959, professor sociology, 1959-1973, department chairman sociology University College, 1958-1962. Department chairman sociology Washington Square College, 1962-1966, head all-university department sociology, 1966-1973.
Senior research associate, member Executive Committee Center for Policy Research. Conductor Sunrise Semester, Columbia Broadcasting System-television, 1970.
Research assosiation, New York Academy Science, American Association University Professors, Eastern Sociological Society.
Served with United States Army Air Force, 1942-1946. Member American Sociological Association, Society Study Social Problems, Industrial.