Background
Warner, Wellman Joel was born on January 13, 1897 in Lyndonville, Vermont, United States. Son of George A. and Rose Mary (Monahan) Warner.
Warner, Wellman Joel was born on January 13, 1897 in Lyndonville, Vermont, United States. Son of George A. and Rose Mary (Monahan) Warner.
Certified, U. Grenoble, France, 1919; Bachelor of Arts, George Washington University, 1921; Bachelor of Divinity, Yale, 1924; Doctor of Philosophy, University London, 1929.
Ordained to ministry, Methodist Church
director field work, Yale, 1922-1924;
professor social ethics, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1930-1938;
professor sociology, head department social science, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1938-1946;
professor sociology U. College, head all-university department sociology and anthropology, New York University, 1946-1959;
professor sociology and anthropology, New York University (Graduate School Arts and Sciences), 1959-1963;
emeritus professor sociology and anthropology, New York University (Graduate School Arts and Sciences), 1963-1990. Visiting professor University of Southern California, 1955. Chairman board directors Public Affairs Committee New York, 1962-1970.
Then director; president International Congress for Group Psychotherapy, Toronto, Canada, 1954. Then director; chairman 2d International Congress, Zurich, 1957, International Council for Group Psychotherapy, 1954-1962. Consultant Department Institutions, New Jersey, 1949-1956, Vermont, 1966-1969.
President board of trustees Moreno Institute Served with United States Army, 1917-1919. Served with Advertising Educational Foundation, France. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Group Psychotherapy, American Anthropological Association, American Sociological Association (secretary 1954-1958), Society Science Study Religion.
Member American Civil Liberties Union (academic freedom committee), Eastern Sociological Society (Merit award), Society Psychological Study Social Issues, Casa Meterna Society (vice president).
Married Miriam Saint, November 26, 1930. Children: Wellman Joel, Linda.