Background
Mack, Raymond Wright was born on July 15, 1927 in Ashtabula, Ohio, United States. Son of Wright R. and Hazel E. (Card) Mack.
Mack, Raymond Wright was born on July 15, 1927 in Ashtabula, Ohio, United States. Son of Wright R. and Hazel E. (Card) Mack.
AB with honors, Baldwin-Wallace College, 1949. Master of Arts, University North Carolina, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy, University North Carolina, 1953.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), DePaul University, 1990.
Assistant professor sociology, anthropology, U. Mississippi, Oxford, 1953; faculty, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1953-1995; associate professor sociology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1957-1962; professor sociology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1962-1995; professor emeritus, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, since 1995; department chairman sociology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1959-1967; director, Center for Urban Affairs, 1968-1971; vice president, dean of faculties, Center for Urban Affairs, 1971-1974; provost, Center for Urban Affairs, 1974-1987. Director program for Bell System executives, 1958-1959.
Fellow American Sociological Association (member of council 1966-1969). Member Society Study Social Problems (president 1969-1970), Midwest Sociological Society (president 1967), AlphaKappa Delta (president 1969-1970).
Married Barbara Leonard, March 1948 (divorced 1953). 1 child, Donald Gene. Married Elizabeth Ann Hunter, October 16, 1953.
Children: Meredith Lou, Julia Glen, Margaret Kingsley.