Background
Alpert, Harry was born on October 12, 1912 in New York City. Son of Morris and Mary (Levine) Alpert.
Alpert, Harry was born on October 12, 1912 in New York City. Son of Morris and Mary (Levine) Alpert.
Bachelor of Arts, City College of New York, 1932. Certificat de Sociologie U. Bordeaux (France), 1933. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1935, Doctor of Philosophy, 1938.
Student of University Paris, 1932, University of Chicago, 1940-1941.
Instructor, assistant professor sociology City College of New York, 1933-1947. Research consultant bureau applied social research Columbia University, 1946-1948. Professorial lecturer, Adjunct Professor sociology American University, 1947, 1950-1958.
Professor sociology Yale, 1947, U. Washington, 1955, University of Virginia, 1977.
Associate professor sociology, department chairman anthropology and sociology Queens College, 1948-1950. Research scientist social psychiatry Cornell Univercity Medical College, 1951-1956.
Dean Graduate School, professor sociology U. Oregon, 1958-1964, dean of faculties, professor sociology, 1964-1971, vice president for academic affairs, provost, professor sociology, 1971-1976, professor sociology, 1976-1977. Director department social science United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1967-1970.
Member Franco-American Common for Ednl.
Exchange, 1967-1970. Member United States National Common for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1971-1975. Public opinion analyst O.W.I., 1943-1944.
Public opinion, rationing statistics analyst Office of Price Administration, 1944-1945.
Analytical statistician Bureau Budget, 1945-1948, 50-53. Consultant United States Air Force, research and development board Department Defense, 1948-1950, program director social science research National Science Foundation, 1953-1958. Fellow Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences, 1963-1964.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Statistical Association, American Sociological Association (Vice-President 1958). Member Pacific Sociological Association (president 1962-1963), American Association Public Opinion Research (president 1955-1956), American Anthropological Association, Population Association American, Council on Academy Affairs (chairman 1974-1975), Sociological Research Association (president 1961), World Association Public Opinion Research, Washington Statistical Society (president 1954-1955), Tocqueville Association, Society Psychological Study Social Issues, Society Social Study Science.
Married Anitra Fink, June 15, 1936. Children: Spencer Ward, Geoffrey Philip.