Background
Williams, Robin Murphy was born on October 11, 1914 in Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States. Son of Robin Murphy and Mabel Claire (Strayhorn) Williams.
Williams, Robin Murphy was born on October 11, 1914 in Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States. Son of Robin Murphy and Mabel Claire (Strayhorn) Williams.
Bachelor of Science, North Carolina State College, 1933; Master of Science, North Carolina State College, 1935; postgraduate, Cornell Univercity, 1935-1936; Doctor of Philosophy (Austin fellow, 1938-1939), Harvard University, 1943; Honorary Doctor of Science, U. North Carolina, Greensboro, 1989.
Various research positions governmental agys., 1933-1937;
assistant rural sociologist, North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, 1936-1938;
instructor, research assistant, U. Kentucky, 1939-1942;
research analyst and statistician, research branch, United States War Department, 1942-1945;
professor sociology, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1946-1967;
Henry Scarborough professor social science, Cornell Univercity, 1967-1985;
professor emeritus, Cornell Univercity, since 1985;
department chairman sociology and anthropology, Cornell Univercity, 1956-1961;
director, Society Science Research Center, 1949-1954. Cons. National Institute Mental Health, 1949-1967. Member science advisory board United States Air Force, 1950-1954.
Advising committee for social science National Science Foundation, 1967-1969. Commission on life science and social policy National Research Council, 1968-1974. Visiting scholar Russell Sage Foundation, 1968-1969.
Visiting fellow Center for Creative Leadership, 1974-1975. Center for Advanced Study Behavioral Sciences fellow, 1961-1962, National Science Foundation Senior postdoctoral fellow. Chairman National Research Council Committee on Status of Black Americans, 1985-1989.
Member American Sociological Society (council, 1st vice president 1956, president 1958, secretary 1965-1968), Eastern Sociol Society (president 1966), American Philosophical Society, American Academy Arts Sciences, National Academy Sciences, Sociological Research Association (president 1958), Rural Sociological Society American.
Married Marguerite York, July 29, 1939. Children: Robin Murphy III, Nancy, Susan.