Background
Vance, Rupert Bayless was born on March 15, 1899 in Plumerville, Arkansas, United States. Son of Walter Johnson and Lula Mary (Bayless) Vance.
Vance, Rupert Bayless was born on March 15, 1899 in Plumerville, Arkansas, United States. Son of Walter Johnson and Lula Mary (Bayless) Vance.
Bachelor of Arts, Henderson-Brown College, Arkadelphia, Arkansas, 1920. A.M., Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, 1921. Doctor of Philisophy, University of North Carolina, 1928.
Doctor of Laws, Hendrix College, 1938.
Instructor of English, S. Georgia College, McRae, Georgia, 1923-1925. Teaching fellow sociology, University of North Carolina 1927-1928, research associate, 1929-1937. Professor of University of Texas summer school, 1936.
Visiting professor Louisiana State University, 1942. Research professor, Institute for Research in Social Science, University of North Carolina, since 1937, Kenan professor sociology from 1945. Member board Governors University of North Carolina Press.
Member board Governors University of North Carolina Press. Served in various research capacities with National Resources Commission, Study of Population, Redistribution, Social Security Board, Rosenwald Fund, Social Science Research Council. Rosenwald fellow, 1945.
Member American Sociological Society (Executive Committee 1942-1949, president 1944), American Academy Political and Social Science, Population Association of America, American Economics Association, Southern Regional Committee of Social Science Research Council, Southern Sociological Society (secretary-treasurer 1935-1937.
Married Rheba Ceceile Usher, June 5, 1930. Children: David Rupert, Donald Ernest, and Victor Stuart, Principal of high school, Talikina, Oklahoma.