Background
Srole, Leo was born on October 8, 1908 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of William and Rebecca (Epstein).
researcher sociology educator emeritus
Srole, Leo was born on October 8, 1908 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of William and Rebecca (Epstein).
Bachelor of Science, Harvard, 1933. Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1940.
Lecturer New York University, 1940-1941. Professor, chairman department sociology Hobart College (now Hobart and William Smith Colleges), Geneva, 1941-1942. Welfare director United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (Landsberg, Germany displaced persons camp), 1945-1946.
With bureau applied social research Columbia, 1947-1948. Research director ADL B'nai B'rith, 1948-1952. Professor sociology Cornell Medical College, 1952-1959.
Research professor Albert Einstein Medical College, New York City, 1959-1961. Professor sociology State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, 1961-1965. Professor social science department psychiatry Columbia College Physicians and Surgeons, 1965-1978.
Professor emeritus Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Faculty Medicine, Columbia University, 1978-1993. Chief psychiatric research in social science New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1966-1978. Consultant Belgian Ministry of Health, 1970-1975, World Health Organization, 1979-1993.
Served with United States Army Air Force as military psychologist Air Surgeon' General’ s Office, 1943-1945. Honorary fellow American Psychiatric Association. Member International Sociological Association, American Sociological Association, American Association of University Professors, Society for Study Social Problems, Gerontological Society, Sigma Xi.
Son of; married Esther Hannah Alpiner, December 27, 1941. Children: Ira Herschel, Rebecca Yona.