Owen Kendall White

Background

White, Owen Kendall was born on October 23, 1938 in Salt Lake City. Son of Owen Kendall and Thelma Clark White.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Sociology, U. Utah, 1964; Master of Science in Sociology, U. Utah, 1967; Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology, Vanderbilt University, 1975.

Career

Instructor part-time, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1968; instructor sociology, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, 1969-1975; assistant professor sociology, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, 1975-1980; associate professor sociology, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, 1980-1986; professor sociology, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, since 1986; chair department sociology and anthropology, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, since 1987. Visiting assistant professor Institute Urban Studies, University Texas, summer 1978. Referee Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, 1989, Journal of Urban Affairs, since 1990, Jour for Science Study of Religion, since 1993.

Lecturer in field.

Achievements

• Owen Kendall White has been listed as a noteworthy Sociologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Anthropological Association, American Sociological Association, Association for the Sociology of Religion, Society for Sociological Study of Mormon Life (president 1991-1993), Southern Anthropological Society, Southern Sociological Society, Religious Research Association, Virginia Sociol.Sci. Association.

Connections

Married Arlene Burraston. 1 child, C.A. Wood.

Father:

Owen Kendall

Mother:

Thelma Clark White

Spouse:

Arlene Burraston

child:

C.A. Wood White