Franz Adler (sociologist)

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Franz Adler (born September 23, 1908 in Vienna ; † May 21, 1983 in Los Angeles ) was an American sociologist of Austrian origin.

Life

The son of a doctorate lawyer Emanuel Adler (1873-1929) and Valerie Adler, born Bach (1882-1969), received his doctorate in 1933 at the University of Vienna Dr. jur. After the "Anschluss" of Austria , he emigrated to the USA in 1938, where he took citizenship in 1944. He had previously married Leta L. McKinley on May 9, 1943, with whom he raised two children, James E. and D. Linn.

In the United States, Adler obtained a Master of Arts degree in Social Economy from American University in 1942 , as the legal doctorate proved to be almost worthless in the differently structured American legal system. At the University of Wisconsin he received his doctorate again in 1953 by earning a Ph. D. in sociology .

Adler had been teaching since 1941, initially as a teaching assistant at Washington State College until 1943 . Until 1945 he was involved as an advisor for Austria in the American effort in World War II . He then taught in various capacities at the University of Wisconsin and Drake University . From 1947 to 1953 Adler was assistant professor of sociology at the University of Arkansas , where he was appointed professor in 1956. A visiting professorship led him from 1948 for one year to Roosevelt University in Chicago . In 1958 he switched to teaching at the University of California, Los Angeles , before accepting a position at the University of California, Davis in 1959, which became a member of the University of California that same year .

Adler was a member and officials in various American Soziologen- and university associations, he was also an enthusiastic Poster stamp collector systems member of the American Society of Bookplate Collectors & Designers , as well as the Austrian, Dutch and German Poster stamp collectors clubs.

Fonts (selection)

Adler published numerous articles in the American Journal of Sociology . He also regularly reviewed books in the American Sociological Review and other journals. He was also involved with contributions to the following publications:

  • Howard Becker and Alvin Boskoff (Eds.): Modern sociological theory in continuity and change . Dryden, New York 1957.
  • John Kosa (Ed.): The home of the learned man. A symposium on the immigrant scholar in America . New Haven [1968].

literature

  • Article in: Who's Who in the West . 7th edition, 1960.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Life data of Austrian sociologists in exile 1933 to 1945 , University of Graz .
personal data
SURNAME Adler, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American sociologist of Austrian origin
DATE OF BIRTH September 23, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH May 21, 1983
Place of death los Angeles