Background
Keown, James Edward Mc was born on September 3, 1919 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Francis Joseph and Grace Margaret (Ruddon) McKeown.
Keown, James Edward Mc was born on September 3, 1919 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Francis Joseph and Grace Margaret (Ruddon) McKeown.
Bachelor of Arts, Wayne U., 1941, Master of Arts, 1945. Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1949.
Instructor social science St. Xavier College, Chicago, 1945-1948. Assistant professor sociology New Mexico Highlands U., Las Vegas, 1948-1952. Assistant professor sociology DePaul University, Chicago, 1952-1955, associate professor, 1955-1957, professor sociology, 1957-1970, department chairman, 1962-1970.
Professor sociology University of Wisconsin, Parkside, Kenosha, Wisconsin, from 1970. Visiting professor sociology Emory University, summer 1952, Escuela Nacional de Asistencia Publica, La Paz, Bolivia, 1958, Northwestern University, 1965, Concordia Teachers College, River Forest, Illinois, 1965, 66, Universidad Catolica, Santiago, Chile, 1968. Fellow Fund Advancement Education, summer 1954.
Smith-Mundt lecturer, Bolivia, 1958, Fulbright Hays lecturer, Chile, 1968. Co-editor: The Changing Metropolis, 1964, 2d edition., 1971. Contributor: articles to professional journals, also to Britannica Book of Year, 1968-1972.
Social Science Research Council travel grantee, 1958.
Member American Sociological Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Political and Social Science, American Association of University Professors, Pi Gamma Mu, Psi Chi, Phi Sigma Iota. Club: Quadrangle.
Married Mary Elizabeth McNamara, August 6, 1955.