Background
Mills, Theodore Mason was born on May 6, 1920 in Fairfield, Indiana, United States. Son of Charles S., Senior and Pearl (Mason) Mills.
Mills, Theodore Mason was born on May 6, 1920 in Fairfield, Indiana, United States. Son of Charles S., Senior and Pearl (Mason) Mills.
Bachelor of Arts, Guilford College, 1941; Master of Arts, Haverford College, 1942; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1952.
Lecturer sociology, also research associate, Laboratory of Social Relations of Harvard University, 1952-1955;
assistant professor sociology and general education, Laboratory of Social Relations of Harvard University, 1956-1960;
associate professor sociology, director interaction laboratory, Yale University, 1960-1968;
professor, State University of New York, Buffalo, since 1968;
department chairman sociology, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1968-1972;
professor emeritus, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1989;
also director, Social Sciences Interaction Laboratory. Consultant United States Navy, Family Service New York, Niagara International Institute, A.K. Rice Institute, Prentice-Hall publications. Member Mathematics Seminar for Social Scientists, 1950.
Visiting Fulbright professor of University Oslo, 1955-1956, visiting professor, 1973-1974. Fellow Center Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences, Social Science Research Council, 1951-1952.
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Member Guilford (Connecticut) Democratic Committee, 1962-1965. Served with American Friends Service Committee China Convoy, 1942-1946. Member American Sociological Association, American Anthropological Association, Society Experimental Psychology, American Psychological Association, Sociological Research Association, Eastern Sociological Society.
Married Mary Jane Seaman, June 21, 1947. Children: Duncan Kimball, Peter Benjamin, Sarah Jane.