Background
Fulton, Robert Lester was born on November 30, 1926 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Son of Edgar John and Mary Grace (Ouderkirk) Fulton.
Fulton, Robert Lester was born on November 30, 1926 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Son of Edgar John and Mary Grace (Ouderkirk) Fulton.
AB cum laude, University Illinois, 1951. Master of Arts, University Toronto, 1953. Doctor of Philosophy, Wayne State University, 1959.
Instructor, University of Wisconsin, 1957-1958; assistant professor sociology, California State University, Los Angeles, 1958-1965; professor sociology, California State University, Los Angeles, 1965-1966; professor sociology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1966-1997; director, Center for Death Edition and Research, 1969-1997. Visiting professor University of Minnesota, 1963-1965, U. Osmania, India, 1967, St. Christopher's Hospice, London, 1975, Radium Hemmet, Stockholm, 1975, University of California-Irvine, 1975, University of California-San Diego, 1978, 79, University of California-San Francisco,1986, U. Vermont, 1983, 84, 86, 88, 89, 92, St. Luke's College, Tokyo, 1985, U. Cape Town, 1993, Rikkyo U., Tokyo, 1993, Nankai U., Tianjin, China, 1995.
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With Royal Canada Navy, 1944. Fellow American Sociological Association. Member International Workgroup on Death, Dying and Bereavement, Société de Thanatologie de la Langue Française.
Married Patricia Alma Brown, July 29, 1948 (divorced). Children: David, Richard. Married Julie Ann Rockman, June 13, 1964.
1 son, Regan.