Joseph Walter Elder

Background

Elder, Joseph Walter was born on July 25, 1930 in Kermanshah, Iran. Son of John and Ruth Deborah (Roche) Elder.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Oberlin College, 1951; Master of Arts, Oberlin College, 1954; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard, 1959; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Whittier College, 1988.

Career

Teacher, American College High School Teacher, Oberlin Shansi Memorial Association, Madurai, South India, 1951-1953; instructor, Oberlin (Ohio) College, 1959-1961; from assistant professor to professor sociology and South Asian studies, University of Wisconsin -Madison, since 1961; coordinator, College Year in India program, since 1962; coordinator, College Year in Nepal program, since 1982; director, Center for South Asia, since 1990. Cons. Ford Foundation, Peace Corps, Danforth Foundation, Smithsonian Institution, National Endowment for Humanities.

Achievements

• Joseph Walter Elder has been listed as a noteworthy Sociologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Lectures In Indian Civilization

    (Book by Elder, Joseph W)

Membership

Trustee Oberlin College, 1970-1982, Oberlin Shansi Memorial Association, 1964-1968. Board directors American Institute Pakistan Studies, 1973-1982. Board directors American Friends Service Committee, 1968-1973, member corporation, 1973-1984.

Board directors Quaker Housing Inc., since 1970, president, 1970-1973. Member United States National Common for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1976-1981, 82-85, chairman permanent commission on social science, 1978-1981. Senior social science advisory United States delegate to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization General Conference, 1980.

President Wisconsin division United Nations Association of the United States, 1985-1989. Member Governor's Commision on United Nations, since 1985. President American Institute of Indian Studies, since 1986.

Member Indo-United States Subcommn. on Edition and Culture, since 1986. Fellow American Institute Indian Studies, Center for Advanced Studies at Wesleyan University. Member American Sociological Association, Association Asian Studies, South Asia Regional Council (chairman 1970-1971).

Chairman South Asia Council (1980-1983, director 1969-1972, 80-83). Member Society of Friends.

Connections

Married Joann Arlene Finley, August 4, 1951. Children: Shonti Rebecca, John Arthur, Edward Byers.

Father:

John Elder

Mother:

Ruth Deborah (Roche) Elder

Spouse:

Joann Arlene Finley

child:

Shonti Rebecca Elder

child:

Edward Byers Elder

child:

John Arthur Elder