PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION

Founded 1905 and "dedicated to serving sociologists in their work, advancing sociology as a science and profession, and promoting the contributions and use of sociology to society."

Official Website:
http://www.asanet.org/

Founding Date:
1905

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Daniel Bell	Sociologist	10-May-1919	25-Jan-2011	The End of Ideology
Ernest Burgess	Sociologist	16-May-1886	27-Dec-1966	Introduction to the Science of Sociology
James S. Coleman	Sociologist	12-May-1926	25-Mar-1995	Foundations of Social Theory
Charles Cooley	Educator	17-Aug-1864	8-May-1929	Looking-glass self
E. Franklin Frazier	Sociologist	24-Sep-1894	17-May-1962	Black Bourgeoisie
Todd Gitlin	Educator	6-Jan-1943		Journalism professor, social critic
Erving Goffman	Sociologist	11-Jun-1922	19-Nov-1982	The Presentation of Self
Melissa Harris-Perry	Author	2-Oct-1973		Barbershops, Bibles, and BET
Starr Roxanne Hiltz	Sociologist	c. 1943		Mother of on-line education
Seymour M. Lipset	Sociologist	18-Mar-1922	31-Dec-2006	American Exceptionalism
Robert Morrison MacIver	Sociologist	17-Apr-1882	15-Jun-1970	The Web of Government
Robert K. Merton	Sociologist	4-Jul-1910	23-Feb-2003	On the Shoulders of Giants
Robert E. Park	Sociologist	14-Feb-1864	7-Feb-1944	Race and Culture
Talcott Parsons	Sociologist	13-Dec-1902	8-May-1979	The Structure of Social Action
Frances Fox Piven	Activist	10-Oct-1932		Regulating The Poor
William Graham Sumner	Educator	30-Oct-1840	12-Apr-1910	Laissez faire sociologist
Ernest van den Haag	Scholar	15-Sep-1914	21-Mar-2002	Punishing Criminals
Lester Frank Ward	Sociologist	18-Jun-1841	18-Apr-1913	Dynamic Sociology
William Julius Wilson	Sociologist	20-Dec-1935		Poverty in America's inner cities

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