Background
Reid, Ira De Augustine was born on July 2, 1901 in Clifton Forge, Virginia, United States. Son of Daniel A. and Willie R. (James) Reid.
Reid, Ira De Augustine was born on July 2, 1901 in Clifton Forge, Virginia, United States. Son of Daniel A. and Willie R. (James) Reid.
Bachelor of Arts, Morehouse College, 1922, Doctor of Laws, 1953. Master of Arts, University Pittsburgh, 1925. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia, 1939.
Doctor of Laws, Haverford College, 1967.
June 1956);Harriett; married second, Anne M. Cooke, August 12, 1958. Industrial secretary New York Urban League, 1924-1928. Director research National Urban League, New York City, 1928-1934.
Professor sociology Atlanta University, 1934-1946.
Professor educational sociology School Education, New York University, 1946-1947. Visiting professor sociology New York School Social Work, Columbia, 1951-1954.
Professor sociology, department chairman sociology and anthropology Haverford (Pennsylvania) College, 1947-1966, professor emeritus, 1966-1968. Also visiting professor sociology Pennsylvania State University, summer 1958, Harvard.
Summer 1963; visiting director department extra-mural studies University College, Ibadan, Nigeria, 1962.
Danforth distinguished professor sociology International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan, 1962-1963. Senior consultant study of the aged, Pennsylvania Department Welfare. Company-director study social and medical services for the elderly, Philadelphia Geriatric Center.
Member advisory council teacher grants Danforth Foundation. Consultant on the minorities War Manpower Commission, 1940-1942. Member governor’s commission on higher education, Pennsylvania, 1956-1968.
Member of commission on higher education, Philadelphia, 1958-1968.
Member Government"s Commission Police Brutality, 1964. Board of directors Metropolitan Young Men's Christian Association.
Member board of trustees National Child Labor Committee Board overseers William Penn Charter School, Philadelphia.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Sociological Association (Vice-President 1954).
Member Eastern Sociological Society (president 1955), Urban League Philadelphia (president), Phi Beta Kappa. Member Society Friends.
Married to Gladys Russell Scott, October 15, 1925 (deceased. Married second, Anne M. Cooke, August 12, 1958.