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Philip Hauser | |
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 Philip Hauser in 1960 at age 51 | |
| Born | (1909-09-27)September 27, 1909 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | December 13, 1994(1994-12-13) (aged 85) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Education | University of Chicago |
| Occupation | Demographer |
| Years active | 1932 —c. 1973 |
| Known for | founder of the Population Research Center at the University of Chicago, over which he served as director for some 30 years. |
| Notable work | SeePublications |
Philip Morris Hauser (September 27, 1909 – December 13, 1994) was ademographer and pioneer inurban studies who was a president of theAmerican Sociological Association, theAmerican Statistical Association and thePopulation Association of America. For more than 30 years he was director of the Population Research Center at theUniversity of Chicago where he also served as the Lucy Flower Professor of Urban Sociology.[1][2]
Philip Morris Hauser was born September 27, 1909. He attended the University of Chicago and received aBachelor's degree in 1929.[2] He was studying at Chicago at the time of the rise of theChicago School of Sociology.[1][2]
In 1932, Hauser was first named as an instructor at the University of Chicago, a position which he retained throughout the course of his graduate studies.[2] In 1933 he was awarded aMaster's degree from that institution, followed by aPh.D. inSociology in 1938.[2] From 1934 to 1937, Hauser went on leave to serve as a researcher for theFederal Emergency Relief Administration.[2] Hauser worked at theUnited States Census Bureau from 1938 to 1947, first as Assistant Chief Statistician for Population then taking on the role ofDeputy Director in 1946.[2] In 1944 he was elected as aFellow of the American Statistical Association.[3] In 1947, Hauser returned to the University of Chicago as a professor of sociology.[2] He also remained as acting director of the Census Bureau from 1949 to 1950.[2] Hauser was elected to theAmerican Philosophical Society in 1965,[4] theAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1972,[5] and the United StatesNational Academy of Sciences in 1976.[6] Hauser was the founder of the Population Research Center at the University of Chicago, over which he served as director for some 30 years.[2] During the course of his career there he helped train approximately 100 future PhDs, in addition to a large number of other graduate students.[2]
Hauser died on December 13, 1994. He was 85 years old at the time of his death.
