Background
Burchard, Waldo Wadsworth was born on November 28, 1916 in Satanta, Kansas, United States. Son of Charles and Jennie Grace (Swink) Burchard.
Burchard, Waldo Wadsworth was born on November 28, 1916 in Satanta, Kansas, United States. Son of Charles and Jennie Grace (Swink) Burchard.
AB, University of California, Berkeley, 1949; Master of Arts, University of California, Berkeley, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1953.
Instructor sociology, U. Denver, 1952-1953; instructor sociology, U. Kansas, 1953-1955; assistant professor sociology, Hollins College, 1955-1958; associate professor, Northern Illinois U., 1958-1961; professor, Northern Illinois U., from 1961; head department social science, Northern Illinois U., 1959-1961; head department sociology and anthropology, Northern Illinois U., 1961-1968.
With United States Marine Corps, 1942-1946. Member American Sociological Association, Midwest Sociological Society (chairman publications committee, exofficio director), Southern Sociological Society, North Center Sociological Society (Executive Committee), Society Science Study Religion, Illinois Sociological Association (honorary president), Religious Research Association, Association Sociology Religion.
Married Rachael Caroline Ballenger, May 24, 1945. Children: Gina Michel, Petrea Celeste, Stuart Gregory, Margot Theresa.