Peter H. Rossi

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Peter Henry Rossi (born December 27, 1921 in New York City , † October 7, 2006 in Amherst , Massachusetts) was an American sociologist .

Life

Rossi was the son of Italian immigrants. He received his PhD in sociology from Columbia University in New York in 1951 , moved to Harvard University and was later appointed professor at the University of Chicago .

When he was appointed to the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore , he became a full professor of sociology. In 1974 he moved to the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the same position .

In his textbook Evaluation: A Systematic Approach (German: Evaluation, a systematic approach) Rossi documented the mathematically driven, systematic approach to sociological tasks that he propagated.

His scientific work dealt, among other things, with the problem of the homeless in the USA and the efficiency of support for the needy.

Rossi was an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1986) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science . He was the 71st president of the American Sociological Association .

He was married and had three children.

literature

  • Peter H. Rossi (1921-2006) . In: Footnotes . Newsletter of The American Sociological Association. tape 34 , no. December 9 , 2006 ( asanet.org [accessed August 30, 2011] obituary).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Peter H. Rossi: Evaluation. A systematic approach . 1st edition. 1979.
  2. ^ Peter H. Rossi: Down and Out in America. The Origins of Homelessness . University of Chicago Press, 1990, ISBN 978-0-226-72829-2 .
  3. ^ Peter H. Rossi: Feeding the Poor . Assessing Federal Food Aid. American Enterprise Institute Press, 1998, ISBN 0-8447-4011-X .
personal data
SURNAME Rossi, Peter H.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rossi, Peter Henry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American sociologist
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH October 7, 2006
Place of death Amherst , Massachusetts