Background
Useem, John Hearld was born on October 15, 1910 in Buffalo, New York, United States. Son of Abram and Sema (Ross) Usem.
Useem, John Hearld was born on October 15, 1910 in Buffalo, New York, United States. Son of Abram and Sema (Ross) Usem.
Bachelor of Arts, University of California at Los Angeles, 1934; student, Harvard University, 1934-1936; Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1939.
Professor, U. South Dakot, 1939-1942;
visiting lecturer, Barnard College, Columbia University, 1946;
associate professor, University of Wisconsin, 1946-1949;
professor sociology and anthropology, Michigan State University, 1949-1981;
professor emeritus, Michigan State University, since 1981;
head department, Michigan State University, 1958-1965. Lecturer, consultant Foreign Svc. Institute, unites states department State, since 1950.
Consultant National Institute Growth and Development. Member of advisory committee Edward W. Hazen Foundation, Social Science Research Council, National Institute of Mental Health, Conference Board Association Research Council. Senior fellow East-West Center, 1972, member international advisory panel, 1978-1979.
Research on transnational roles of higher educated in periods of international conflict and change.
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Board governors Arctic Institute Served as lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, World World War II. Military governor in South Pacific. Member American Sociological Association, American Anthropological Association, North Central Sociological Association (president 1971), Society Applied Anthropology, Sociological Research Association, Society Study Social Problems (chairman international division, Lee Founders' award for distinguished career 1987), Central States Anthropological Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Kappa Delta, Pi Gamma Mu, Pi Sigma Alpha.
Married Ruth Marie Hill, June 6, 1940. Children: Michael, Howard, Bert.