Etzioni, Amitai

  1. Etzioni, Amitai
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Biographical Note

1929, Jan. 4 Born, Cologne, Germany 1954 B.A., Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel 1956 M.A. in sociology, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel 1958 Ph.D. in sociology, University of California, Berkeley, Calif. 1958 1980 Professor, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. 1961 Published A Comparative Analysis of Complex Organizations (New York, N.Y.: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. 297 pp.) 1965 Married Minerva Morales (died 1985) 1968 Founded Center for Policy Research Published The Active Society (New York, N.Y.: Free Press. 698 pp.) 1969 1978 Chairman, Department of Sociology, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. 1973 Published Genetic Fix (New York, N.Y.: Macmillan. 276 pp.) 1975 Published Social Problems (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall. 182 pp.) 1979 1980 Senior advisor to President Jimmy Carter 1980 Professor, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 1982 Published An Immodest Agenda (New York, N.Y.: New Press. 418 pp.) 1984 Published Capital Corruption (San Diego, Calif.: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. 337 pp.) 1992 Married Patricia Kellogg

From the guide to the Amitai Etzioni Papers, 1918-1985, (bulk 1968-1984), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)