Background
Pumphrey, Ralph Everett was born on July 21, 1907 in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Son of Elger Grant and Ella Lorena (Rhoades) Pumphrey.
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Ralph Everett Pumphrey
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1928; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1934; diploma, Columbia University, 1940.
Career
Instructor department electrical engineering, Yale University, New Haven, 1934-1936;
istr. history, New Haven Community College, New Haven, 1936-1938;
administrative assistant, Brooklyn Bureau Charities, 1938-1940;
case worker, Family Svc. Association, Milwaukee, 1940-1941;
associate director, Greater Greenville (South Carolina.) Survey, 1941;
research director, executive secretary, Council Social Agilysys, Syracuse, New York, 1941-1946;
executive secretary, Health and Welfare Council, Indianapolis, 1946-1953;
publication relations director, United Community Defense Superior vena cava syndrome, New York City, 1953-1956;
associate professor social work, New York University, New York City, 1956-1959;
from associate professor to professor then emeritus professor social work, Washington University, St. Louis, since 1959. Director feasibility study Upper Great Plains Social Work Education Committee, Fargo, North Dakota, 1968.
Local representative United States Children's Bureau, Syracuse, 1941-1946.
Achievements
Membership
Member NASW (chapter chairman Syracuse 1945, Indianapolis 1950), National Conference Social Welfare, American History Association.
Connections
Married Muriel Elizabeth Warren, August 9, 1934. Children: Jennie Louisa, Brooks Elgar.
