Background
Sampson, Samuel Franklin was born on September 22, 1934 in Malden, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Samuel Daniel and Margaret Louise (Grimes) Sampson.
Sampson, Samuel Franklin was born on September 22, 1934 in Malden, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Samuel Daniel and Margaret Louise (Grimes) Sampson.
Bachelor of Arts, University Oklahoma, 1960; Master of Arts, University Oklahoma, 1961; Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell Univercity, 1968.
Assistant professor department sociology State University of New York, Binghamton, 1965-1966. Research associate department sociology Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1966-1967. Lecturer, chairman board tutors and advisory Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1967-1972.
Associate professor department urban studies and planning Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1971-1972. Professor sociology University Vermont, Burlington, 1972-2000, chairman department sociology, 1972-1976, 90-96, professor emeritus, from 2000. Research and policy consultant Public & Community Agencies and Organizations, since 1969.
Served with United States Air Force, 1954-1958. Member American Association of University Professors, American Association for the Advancement of Science, International Sociological Association, American Sociological Association, American Academy Arts and Sciences, Eastern Sociological Society, Society Study Social Problems, New England Sociological Association, Society Science Study Religion, International Sociological Association.
Married Patricia Katherine Driscoll, April 8, 1972.