Background
Burgess, Ernest Watson was born on May 16, 1886 in Tilbury, Ontario, Canada. Son of Edmund James and Mary Ann Jane (Wilson) Burgess.
Burgess, Ernest Watson was born on May 16, 1886 in Tilbury, Ontario, Canada. Son of Edmund James and Mary Ann Jane (Wilson) Burgess.
Came to the United States, 1888. Benzonia Academy, 1903-1904. Bachelor of Arts, Kingfisher College, 1908.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1913.
Doctor of Laws, Western Reserve University, 1958.
Instructor Toledo University, 1912-1913. Assistant professor sociology, University of Kansas, 1913-1915. Assistant professor economics and sociology, Ohio State University, 1915-1916.
Assistant professor sociology University of Chicago, 1916-1921, associate professor 1921-1927, professor, 1927-1951, now emeritus.
Consultant Industrial Relations Center, University of Chicago, since 1952. Acting director Family Study Center University of Chicago, 1956-1957.
Sometime visiting faculty member Harvard, Columbia, University of Southern California, University of Michigan, others Acting director Behavior Research Fund of Chicago, 1930-1931, director 1931-1939.
Secretary Chicago Area Project, 1934-1943.
Editor American Journal of Sociology, 1936-1940. Editor, Marriage and Family Living, 1939-1950.
Member Society for Study Social Issues (president, 1951-1953), American Association for the Advancement of Science, International Gerontological Association (co-chairman social research committee since 1955), Mayor’s Common for Senior Citizens, Crime Commission, Citizens Association Chicago, American Statistical Association, American Psychopathol. Association, Gerontological Society (president, 1952), National Conference on Family Relations (president, 1942), Social Science Research Council (chairman 1945-1946), American Association Social Workers, International Association of Gerontology (chairman American division social science research committee since 1955), American Sociological Society (president 1934), Sociological Research Association (president 1942). Clubs: City, Quadrange.