Background
Woolston, Howard Brown was born on April 22, 1876 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William John and Annie Elizabeth (Brown) Woolston.
Woolston, Howard Brown was born on April 22, 1876 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William John and Annie Elizabeth (Brown) Woolston.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1898. Bachelor of Sacred Theology, University of Chicago, 1901. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1902.
Studied in Paris and Berlin, 1903-1904.
Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1909.
Fellow University of Chicago, 1901, Harvard University, 1902. Lecturer Chicago School of Civics, 1907. Western Reserve University, 1907-1908.
Instructor, assistant professor and professor sociology and statistics, College City of New York, 1909-1918.
Professor sociology, University of Washington, October 1919-1947, now emeritus and research counsel Exchange professor University of Pennsylvania, 1923.
Director school and neighborhood work, Roxbury, Boston, 1902-1903, New York, 1904-1906. Headworker Goodrich House, Cleveland, Ohio, 1906-1908.
Director wage investigation, New York Factory Commission, 1913-1914.
Investigator bureau of Hygiene, 1917. Major American Red Cross and manager Serbian Relief in France, 1918. Member Balkan Commission, 1919.
Fellow University of Chicago, 1901, Harvard University, 1902. Member Balkan Commission, 1919. Member American Sociological Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Zeta Psi.
Married Katharine Nichols Dally, August 10, 1922. Children: John, Marian.