Ronald Louis Breiger

Background

Breiger, Ronald Louis was born on March 19, 1948 in New York City. Son of Lazarus H. and Lillian E. (Berman) Breiger.

Education

AB, Brandeis University, 1966—1970. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1970—1975.

Career

Assistant professor of sociology Harvard University, 1975—1979, associate professor of sociology, 1979—1981. Professor of sociology Cornell University, Ithaca, 1981—1995, department chairman, 1988—1993, Goldwin Smith professor sociology, 1995—2000. Professor of sociology University of Arizona, since 2000.

Visiting professor University of Lille-1, France, 2002.

Achievements

• Ronald Louis Breiger has been listed as a noteworthy social sciences educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of National Science Foundation (member sociology panel 1988-1990), Sociological Research Association, International Network for Social Network Analysis (member executive board 2003-2007, executive board member 2003, Simmel award 2005), American Sociological Association (executive committee, section on mathematics sociology 2000-2002, chair section on mathematics sociology since 2009).

Connections

Married Linda Ruth Waugh, May 20, 1984. 1 child David Luis Waugh-Breiger.

Father:

Lazarus H. Breiger

Mother:

Lillian E. (Berman) Breiger

Spouse:

Linda Ruth Waugh

child:

David Luis Waugh-Breiger