Background
Bodenhafer, Walter Blaine was born on February 26, 1887 in Kendallville, Indiana, United States. Son of Lee and Eva (Morgan) Bodenhafer.
Bodenhafer, Walter Blaine was born on February 26, 1887 in Kendallville, Indiana, United States. Son of Lee and Eva (Morgan) Bodenhafer.
Student Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, 1906-1909. Bachelor of Arts, Indiana University, 1911, Bachelor of Laws, 1912. Master of Arts, University of Kansas, 1915.
Doctor of Philisophy, University of Chicago, 1920.
Instructor in sociology, University of Kansas, 1915-1918, assistant professor, 1919-1920. Associate professor sociology, Washington University, 1920-1923, professor of sociology from 1923. Professor sociology, University of Chicago, summer 1921.
Chairman family and old age division, Social Planning Council of Saint Louis.
Member of the board of directors Saint Louis Provident Association.
Member American Sociological Society, Society for Social Research, American Association University professors, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Mid-west Sociological Society, Phi Delta Phi. Mason (32 degree, Knights Templar, Shriner).
Married M. Edith Walker, September 1, 1914.