Background
Kirk, William was born on May 7, 1880 in Baltimore. Son of George Albert and Margaret Mary (Magee) Kirk.
Kirk, William was born on May 7, 1880 in Baltimore. Son of George Albert and Margaret Mary (Magee) Kirk.
Graduate Baltimore City College, 1899. Bachelor of Arts, Johns Hopkins, 1902, fellow, 1903-1904, Doctor of Pedagogy, 1905.
Assistant in political economy Johns Hopkins, 1904-1905. Instructor economics 1905-1907, assistant professor economics 1907-1910, associate professor social and political science, 1910-1911, Brown U. Professor, head department economics and sociology U. Rochester, 1911-1920.
Associate professor social economics University of California, 1921-1922. Professor sociology, head department sociology Pomona College, since 1922.
Clarement College exchange professor of University Mexico, summer, 1930.
General secretary United Charities Rochester, July 1, 1911-September 15, 1916. Lecturer sociology Rochester Theological Seminary, 1918. Professor economics University of California, at Los Angeles, summer sessions 1922, 23, 25.
Educational director American Red Cross for Western New York, 1919.
President Berkeley Commission Public Charities, 1921-1922. Cooperating editor Sociology and Social Research since 1939.
Professor emeritus sociology, Pomona College, since 1946. Professor sociology Claremont Graduate School since 1946.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Geography Society. Member American Economics Association, American Sociological Society, Pacific Sociological Society (president 1931.
Married Margaret Louise Dudley, June 25, 1910. Children: George, Dudley, Margaret.