Raymond W. Mack | |
Birth Name: | Raymond Wright Mack |
Birth Date: | 15 July 1927 |
Birth Place: | Ashtabula, Ohio |
Death Place: | Chapel Hill, North Carolina |
Nationality: | American |
Fields: | Sociology |
Workplaces: | Northwestern University |
Education: | Baldwin-Wallace College University of North Carolina |
Thesis Title: | The Prestige System of an Air Base: Squadron Ranking and Morale |
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Thesis Year: | 1953 |
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Doctoral Students: | Troy Duster[1] |
Known For: | Research on race relations |
Spouse: | Ann |
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Children: | Donald Meredith Margaret Hart Julia |
Raymond Wright Mack (July 15, 1927 – August 25, 2011) was an American sociologist known for his work on race relations and social inequality.[2] He was the chair of the sociology department at Northwestern University from 1959 to 1967,[3] and co-founded the Center for Urban Affairs there in 1968. He served as the Center's director from then to 1971, as Vice President and Dean of Faculties at Northwestern from 1971 to 1974, and as provost of the university from 1974 to 1987.[4]