Background
Piere, Richard Tracy La was born on September 15, 1899 in Beloit, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Ernest and Ella (Brown) La Piere.
Piere, Richard Tracy La was born on September 15, 1899 in Beloit, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Ernest and Ella (Brown) La Piere.
Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude, Stanford, 1926; A.M., Stanford, 1927; Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology, Stanford, 1930; student, London School Economics and Political Science, 1927-1928.
Assistant economics, Stanford, 1928-1929; instructor, Stanford, 1929-1933; assistant professor sociology, Stanford, 1932-1938; associate professor, Stanford, 1938-1940; professor, Stanford, 1940-1965; professor emeritus, Stanford, from 1965; professor sociology, University of Michigan, 1938-1939.
With air service United States Army, 1917-1919. With American Expeditionary Force, France. Member American Sociological Society, Pacific Sociological Society (president 1948), Sociological Research Association, Social Science Conference Pacific Coast, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Helen Halderman, December 31, 1934.