John Milton Yinger

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John Milton Yinger
Born(1916-07-06)July 6, 1916
Quincy, Michigan
DiedJuly 28, 2011(2011-07-28) (aged 95)
Oberlin, Ohio
OccupationAmerican sociologist

John Milton Yinger (July 6, 1916 – July 28, 2011

University of Wisconsin, Madison, in 1942, and was Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Oberlin College.[2]

Biography

Yinger was born in

University of Wisconsin. While he was a student at Wisconsin, he met his future bride, Winnie McHenry. There were married in 1941 and remained so for 61 years, until she died in 2002.[4]

Career

Yinger began his professional career at

Cambridge University.[4]

Personal life

Yinger had three children: Susan, John, and Nancy. He had five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. He died in Oberlin, Ohio on July 28, 2011, with his daughter, Susan, at his side. His son John McHenry Yinger is a professor of Economics and Public Administration and International Affairs at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs of Syracuse University.[7]

Works

  • Religion in the Struggle for Power: a Study in the Sociology of Religion (1946) Durham, NC: Duke University Press.
  • Religion, Society, and the Individual: an Introduction to the Sociology of Religion. (1957) New York : Macmillan.
  • Toward A Field Theory of Behavior: Personality and Social Structure (1965) New York, McGraw-Hill.
  • Countercultures: The Promise and Peril of a World Turned Upside Down (1982) New York: Free Press; London: Collier Macmillan Publisher.
  • Racial and Cultural Minorities: An Analysis of Prejudice and Discrimination (1985). 5th ed. New York: Plenum Press. Co-authored with George Eaton Simpson.
  • Ethnicity: Source of Strength? Source of Conflict? (1994) Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.

See also

External links

References

  1. ^ Emeritus Sociology Professor J. Milton Yinger, 1916–2011, Oberlin College, Office of Communications, Aug. 1, 2011
  2. ^ "Content Pages of the Encyclopedia of Religion and Social Science". hirr.hartsem.edu. Archived from the original on 2013-10-11. Retrieved 2014-10-08.
  3. ^ John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1967). Seventy-fifth Anniversary Record. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 2014-10-08.
  4. ^ a b c "J. Milton Yinger". American Sociological Association. 5 June 2009.
  5. JSTOR 2090136
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  6. ^ "John Yinger, Trustee Professor, Economics, Public Administration and International Affairs, Center for Policy Research". 18 March 2009.
  7. ^ "John Yinger, Trustee Professor, Economics, Public Administration and International Affairs, Center for Policy Research". The Maxwell School of Syracuse University. 18 March 2009. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
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