Background
Opler, Marvin Kaufmann was born on June 13, 1914 in Buffalo. Son of Arthur and Fanny (Coleman-Haas) Opler.
Opler, Marvin Kaufmann was born on June 13, 1914 in Buffalo. Son of Arthur and Fanny (Coleman-Haas) Opler.
Student of University Buffalo, 1932-1934. Bachelor of Arts, University of Michigan, 1935. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia, 1938.
Head sociology, anthropology department Reed College, 1938-1943. Chief community analysis section War Relocation Authority, Department Interior, 1943-1946. Associate professor anthropology University of California at Los Angeles, Occidental, 1946-1948.
Associate professor anthropology Stanford, 1948-1950.
Lecturer Los Angeles Institute Psychoanalysis, 1946-1948. Los Angeles Neuropsychiat.
Veterans Hospital, 1948. Lecturer, associate professor department social relations Harvard, 1950-1952.
Professor anthropology, social psychiatry Cornell Univercity Medical College, Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic, 1952-1958.
Professor social psychiatry, sociology and anthropology State University New York at Buffalo, 1958-1981, chairman anthropology, 1969-1973. Visiting professor sociology, anthropology New School Social Research, 1957-1958. Special lecturer graduate department psychology Clark University, 1950.
Visiting professor William Alanson White Foundation, New York City, 1957-1959.
Vice chairman Portland Council Social Agilysys, 1938-1953. Chairman social services Multnomah County chapter American Red Cross, 1938-1943.
Chairman statistics Welfare Council Greater Los Angeles, 1946-1948. Member of national committee suicide study National Institute Mental Health.
Social Science Research Council fellow, 1937-1938, recipient award, 1946-1947, grant-in-aid research, 1949.
Member of national committee suicide study National Institute Mental Health. Social Science; Member International Association Social Psychiatry (vice president), American Anthropological Association, American Sociological Society, Academy Psychoanalysis, Society Study Social Problems, Western New York Sociological Society, American Ethnological Society, North.E. Anthropological Association (charter.
Married Charlotte Fox, December 30, 1935. Married second, Ruth Hyman, December 23, 1973. Children: Ruth Ellen, Lewis Alan.