Albert J. McQueen was born in Bennettsville, South Carolina in 1927 and earned his high school diploma in Newport News, Virginia. After a brief enrollment at the Virginia State College, Petersburg, Virginia, and service in the US Army (1946-1948), he received his B.A. in psychology from Oberlin College in 1952. He earned his MA (1953) and Ph. D. (1959) in sociology from the University of Michigan. His teaching career included a Teaching Fellow at Michigan (1953-1954); faculty member of the Eastern Michigan University Sociology Department (1955-1959); Study Director and Assistant Professor in sociology at Michigan (1960-1963); Assistant Professor in Psychiatry, Howard University (1964-1965); Assistant Professor in Sociology and Anthropology, Brooklyn College (1965-1966); and, faculty member (Professor, 1974) in the Department of Sociology, Oberlin College (1966-1995). He was one of the founders and chairmen of the African American Studies Program at Oberlin. In addition to his work on many Oberlin College committees, he wrote and lectured on topics including "Black Students at Oberlin," "Unemployment and African Youth", and "Emerging Black Scholars." He retired from Oberlin College in 1995, but continued to be an active and enthusiastic member of the Oberlin community in his position as Professor Emeritus.
From the description of Papers, 1964-1995. (Oberlin College Library). WorldCat record id: 37112849
