Background
Lambert, William Wilson was born on May 10, 1919 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada. Son of Harry Brown and Alice Grace (Babcock) Lambert.
Lambert, William Wilson was born on May 10, 1919 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada. Son of Harry Brown and Alice Grace (Babcock) Lambert.
Bachelor of Arts, Brown U., 1942; Master of Sciences, University Nebraska, 1943; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1951.
Technology aide, National Defense Research Committee, Washington, 1942-1943;
lecturer, Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1949-1950;
assistant professor, Brown U., Providence, Rhode Island, 1951-1952;
assistant professor psychology, sociology and anthropology, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1952-1955;
associate professor, Cornell Univercity, 1955-1960;
professor, Cornell Univercity, since 1960;
dean Graduate School, Cornell Univercity, 1974-1981. Consultant Fulbright Program, 1974-1976. Fellow Center for Advnaced Study, Palo Alto, California, 1954-1955.
Fulbright lecturer Oslo (Norway) U., 1957-1958, U. Padua, Italy, 1973. Rockefeller exchange professor of University Philippines, QuezonCity, 1968-1969. Part-time longitudinal research professor of University Stockholm, 1965-1966.
Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946. Fellow American Psychological Association (member board science affairs 1970-1973), American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Sociological Association, Society for Cross-Cultural Research (president 1975-1976), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Elisabeth Bird Carr, June 17, 1949. Children: Hilary (Mistress William M. Hopper), Holly Lee Alison (Mistress Fred Nolting).