Arthur Stinchcombe
Arthur Leonard Stinchcombe (May 16, 1933 – July 3, 2018) was an American sociologist.
Stinchcombe was born in Clare County, Michigan, and attended Central Michigan University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics. He then pursued graduate study in sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, earning a doctorate. Stinchcombe began his teaching career at Johns Hopkins University before returning to Berkeley from 1967 to 1975. He then left for the University of Chicago, followed by a stint at the University of Arizona. Stinchcombe joined the Northwestern University faculty in 1983 and was named John Evans Professor of Sociology in 1990. He retired in 1995. Over the course of his career, Stinchcombe was granted fellowship by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1977), and National Academy of Sciences (2003). He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1991.[1][2][3]
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- 1933 births
- 2018 deaths
- American sociologists
- Central Michigan University alumni
- University of California, Berkeley alumni
- University of California, Berkeley faculty
- Johns Hopkins University faculty
- University of Arizona faculty
- University of Chicago faculty
- Northwestern University faculty
- People from Clare County, Michigan
- Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
- Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Guggenheim Fellows
