Etzioni, Amitai

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)