Background
Moore, Omar Khayyam was born on February 11, 1920 in Helper, Utah, United States. Son of John Gustav and Mary Jo (Crowley) Moore.
Moore, Omar Khayyam was born on February 11, 1920 in Helper, Utah, United States. Son of John Gustav and Mary Jo (Crowley) Moore.
Bachelor, Doane College, 1942. Master of Arts, Washington University, St. Louis, 1946. Doctor of Philosophy, Washington University, St. Louis, 1949.
Instructor, Washington University, St. Louis, 1949-1952;
teaching associate, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1950-1951;
research assistant, professor sociology, Tufts College, Medford, Massachusetts, 1952-1953;
researcher, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, 1953-1954;
assistant professor sociology, Yale University, New Haven, 1954-1957;
associate professor sociology, Yale University, New Haven, 1957-1963;
professor psychology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1963-1965;
professor social psychology, sociology, U. Pittsburgh, 1965-1971;
professor sociology, U. Pittsburgh, 1971-1989;
professor emeritus, U. Pittsburgh, since 1989;
scholar-in-residence, National Learning Center's Capital Children's Museum, Washington, 1989-1990. President Responsive Environmental Foundation, Inc., Estes Park, Colorado, since 1962. Assessor of research projects The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Canada, since 1982.
Adjunct Professor U. Colorado, Boulder, since 1992.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Mathematics Society, American Psychological Association, International Sociological Association, American Sociological Association, Association for Symbolic Logic, Association for Anthropological Study of Play, Philosophy Science Association, Psychonomics Society, Society for Applied Sociology, Society for Exact Philosophy, Mathematics Association American.
Married Ruth Garnand, November 19, 1942. 1 child, Venn.