Background
Ford, Thomas Robert was born on June 24, 1923 in Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States. Son of Gervais West and Alma (Weil) Ford.
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Man and land in Peru
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Health and Demography in Kentucky
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This comprehensive survey of the changes in Kentucky's population and economy furnishes graphic evidence of the value of demographic data to all who must plan health programs and offers an example to Kentucky and to other states and areas.
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The Southern Appalachian Region - A Survey
(The Southern Appalachian Region is the largest American "...)
The Southern Appalachian Region is the largest American "problem area"-an area whose participation in the economic growth of the nation has not been sufficient to relieve the chronic poverty of its people. The existence of the problem was recognized a generation ago, but in the past decade the resistance of such areas to economic advance has acquired a more urgent significance in American thought. In 1958, a group of scholars undertook to make a new survey of the Southern Appalachian Region. Aided by grants from the Ford Foundation ultimately amounting to $250,000, they set out to analyze the direction and extent of the changes which had taken place since the last survey (in 1935), to define the problem in terms of the present situation, and-if possible-to arrive at recommendations for action which might enable the leaders of the Region and the nation to attack the problem with practical measures. In this volume are presented their comprehensive reports on the Region's population, its economy, its institutions, and its culture. The problems defined by this survey are a challenge to the whole nation, for the consequences of success or failure in solving them will not be limited to the Southern Appalachian Region.
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Thomas Robert Ford
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Bachelor of Science, Louisiana State University, 1946. Master of Arts, Louisiana State University, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University, 1951.
Career
Instructor sociology, Louisiana State University, 1948-1949;
assistant professor, U. Alabama, 1950-1953;
supervisory analytical statistician (demography), United States Air Force Personnel and Training Research Center, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, 1953-1956;
faculty, U. Kentucky, Lexington, 1956-1990;
professor sociology, U. Kentucky, 1960-1990;
department chairman, U. Kentucky, 1966-1970;
director, Center Developmental Change, 1975-1990. Research director Southern Appalachian Studies, Inc., 1957-1962. Member President's National Advisory Committee on Rural Poverty, 1966-1967.
Senior adviser Population Council to Colombian Association Medical Faculties, Bogota, 1970-1972.
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Health and Demography in Kentucky
(This comprehensive survey of the changes in Kentucky's po...)
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The Southern Appalachian Region - A Survey
(The Southern Appalachian Region is the largest American "...)
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Health and Demography in Kentucky
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- The Revolutionary Theme in Contemporary America
- Man and land in Peru
- The revolutionary theme in contemporary America,
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Health and Demography in Kentucky
Membership
Served with United States Army Air Force, 1943-1945. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Sociological Association, Population Association American, Rural Sociological Association (president 1972-1973), Southern Sociological Association (president 1976-1977), International Rural Sociology Association (secretary 1976-1980).
Connections
Married Harriet Lowrey, August 13, 1949. Children: Margaret Erin, Janet Patricia, Mark Lowrey, Charlotte Elizabeth.
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American