*Prepared 6/10/96. Revised for WWW 4/19/01. Based on G. Albert Lunday, Sociology dissertations in American universities, 1893-1966 (Commerce, East Texas State University, 1969), supplemented by search of American Men of Science and listings of "Higher Degrees" in the American Journal of Sociology. Sorted by Institution. 0000/XXXX= no doctorate but were recognized as sociologists.

-------Name----------	--------Dates----------	-----Year of PhD-----	-----Institution------
Foster, Robert Gelb		1929	Cornell
Hoffsommer, Harold C.		1929	Cornell
Clark, Keith		1931	Cornell
Dennis, Lemo Theressa		1931	Cornell
Wilcox, Lillian Alice		1931	Cornell
Hughey, Ruth Willard		1932	Cornell
Beers, Howard W.		1935	Cornell
Mather, William G.		1936	Cornell
Lott, Elnor H.		1937	Cornell
Macklin, Elida John		1937	Cornell
Stromberg, Eugene T		1937	Cornell
Sanders, Erwin T		1938	Cornell
Soweres, Mary A.		1938	Cornell
Williams, Edith W.		1938	Cornell
Bee, Lawrence S.		1939	Cornell
Ensminger, Douglas		1939	Cornell
Salter, Alice B.		1939	Cornell
Chang, Hseuh Yen		1940	Cornell
Chang, Hsueh-Yen		1940	Cornell
Gessner, Amy		1940	Cornell
Gibson, Duane L.		1940	Cornell
Losey, J. Edwain		1940	Cornell
Roy, Katherine		1940	Cornell
Tannous, Afif I.		1940	Cornell
Thompson, Susanne		1940	Cornell
Yasa, Ibrahim		1940	Cornell
Plambeck, Hans H.		1941	Cornell
Williams, Hugh J.		1941	Cornell
Porterfield, Austin L.		1936	Duke
Bloom, Leonard		1937	Duke
Copeland, Lewis C.		1939	Duke
Edwards, Allen D.		1939	Duke
Williams, Melvin J.		1941	Duke
Coleman, Maybelle		1943	Duke
Eddy, George Norman		1944	Duke
Boyd, Rosamonde		1945	Duke (soc. hist.)
MacIver, Robert M.		1915	Edinburgh

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