Robert Cooley Angell

Robert Cooley Angell (1899 to 1984) was an American sociologist and educator whose work centered on social integration and on the pursuit of a more peaceful world order. Born in Detroit, he took his degrees at the University of Michigan (B.A. 1921, M.A. 1922, Ph.D. 1924), with a thesis on the student mind published as The Campus (1928), and spent his career there, working with his uncle and mentor Charles Horton Cooley. He became full professor in 1935 and chaired the sociology department from 1940 to 1951, bringing Theodore Newcomb and Ronald Freedman to the department and helping to found the Survey Research Center and the Research Center for Group Dynamics. He edited the American Sociological Review (1946 to 1948), directed UNESCO's Social Science Department in Paris in 1949 to 1950, and served as president of the American Sociological Association (1951) and, from 1953 to 1956, of the International Sociological Association. His books include The Family Encounters the Depression (1936), The Integration of American Society (1941), The Moral Integration of American Cities (1951) and The Quest for World Order (1979).