Background
Odum, Howard Washington was born on May 24, 1884 in Bethlehem, Walton County, Georgia, United States. Son of William Pleasants and Mary Ann (Thomas) Odum.
Odum, Howard Washington was born on May 24, 1884 in Bethlehem, Walton County, Georgia, United States. Son of William Pleasants and Mary Ann (Thomas) Odum.
Bachelor of Arts, Emory College, 1904. Master of Arts, University of Mississippi, 1906. Doctor of Philosophy., Clark University, 1909.
Doctor of Philosophy., Columbia University, 1910. Grant Squires Award, Columbia University, 1910. Doctor of Laws, Emory, U., 1931.
Doctor of Letters, College of the Ozarks, 1935. Doctor of Laws, Harvard, 1939. Doctor of Humane Letters, Clark University, 1941.
Co-principal Toccopola (Mississippi) School, 1904-1905. Instructor University of Mississippi, 1905-1908. Fellow Clark University, 1908-1909.
Research expert, Philadelphia Bureau Municipal Research, 1910-1912. Associate professor educational sociology, 1912-1915, professor, 1915-1919, superintendent University Summer School for Teachers, University of Georgia, 1916-1919. Director bureau of home service camps and camp cities, Southern Division American Red Cross, 1918.
Dean School Liberal Arts, Emory University, 1919-1920. Kenan professor sociology, University of North Carolina 1920-1954, director School Public Welfare, 1920-1932. Director Institute for Research in Social Science, University of North Carolina, 1924-1944.
Visiting professor, University of Illinois, winters, 1936, 1937. Walker-Ames professor, University of Washington 1942. Visiting professor and Silliman fellow, Yale University, 1946-1947.
Author: Social and Mental Traits of the Negro, 1910. Systems of Public Welfare, 1925. Southern Pioneers, 1925.
Sociology and Social Problems. 1925
The Negro and His Songs, 1925. Public Welfare and Social Work, 1926.
Negro Workaday Songs, 1926. American masters of Social Science, 1927. Man’s Quest for Social Guidance, 1927.
Rainbow Round My Shoulder, 1928. Wings on My Feet, 1929. Introduction to Social Research, 1929.
An American Epoch, 1930. Cold Blue Moon, 1931. Southern Regions of the United States, 1936.
American Regionalism, 1938. American Social Problems, 1939. American Democracy Anew, 1940.
Alabama Past and Future: The States at Work, 1941. Race and Rumors of Race, 1943. Understanding Society, 1947.
The Way of the South, 1947. American Sociology, 1951. Editor: Social Forces.
Contributor to learned and literature journals.
Regular ceremonies enable people to open themselves to God more fully. They help people to hear God's offer and challenge ever more deeply, and to allow God to prompt and enable them to respond.
All human life is created by God and therefore is significant and valuable. When governments implement the capital punishment, then the life of the convicted is devalued and all possibilities of change education.
All persons, regardless of age, gender, marital status, or sexual orientation, are entitled to have their human and civil rights ensured and to be protected against violence.
Member and assistant director President’s Research Committee on Social Trends, 1929-1933. Member North Carolina State Planning Board, 1935-1954. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (member Executive Committee 1939-1943).
Married Anna Louise Kranz, December 24, 1910. Children: Eugene Pleasants, Mary Frances, Howard Thomas.