Background
Gist, Noel Pitts was born on June 17, 1899 in Hermitage, Missouri, United States. Son of Ruzan and Lucy Josephine (Pitts) Gist.
Gist, Noel Pitts was born on June 17, 1899 in Hermitage, Missouri, United States. Son of Ruzan and Lucy Josephine (Pitts) Gist.
Bachelor of Science, Kansas State Teachers College, 1923; Master of Arts, U. Kansas, 1929; Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, 1935; postgraduate, Geneva (Switzerland) School International Studies, summer 1925; postgraduate, University of Chicago, summer 1929.
Instructor, assistant professor sociology, U. Kansas, 1929-1931, 32-37;
assistant professor, associate professor then professor sociology, U. Missouri, Columbia, 1937-1944;
professor emeritus, U. Missouri, Columbia, 1969-1983. Visiting lecturer University of Wisconsin, 1944-1945. Visiting professor summers various university and colleges.
Researcher in sociology with United States Endl. Foundation in India, 1951-1952, lecturer U. Calcutta, 1963-1964. Lecturer Sociologische Institute The Netherlands, 1958-1959.
Senior specialist Institute Advanced Projects East-West Center, Honolulu, 1968-1969.
Served with United States Naval Reserve Force, 1981-1919. Member American Sociolog. Society (executive committee 1945-1948) Mid-West Sociolog.
Society (president 1938-1939), American Association of University Professors, University Club Columbia, Alpha Pi Zeta, Alpha Kappa Delta, Kappa Delta Pi.
Married Mabel Wilks, December 24, 1923. Children: Ronald Ralph, Patricia Jane.