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A.N. Marquis Co.. "Dorothy Swaine Thomas." Who Was Who in America: A Companion Volume to Who's Who in America:, 7, (1977-1981). Chicago: A. N. Marquis (1981): 567.

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Marquis Co. notes are an invaluable tool when working on the Twentieth Century. The information comes from the listee, preserving a verbal self-portrait.

We have included this entry as part of W. I. Thomas's biography. As is obvious from this sketch D. S. Thomas was an accomplished social scientist in her own right. D. S. Thomas was W. I. Thomas's second wife.

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Dorothy Swaine Thomas

A. N. Marquis Co.

Thomas, Dorothy Swaine. Educator, social scientist; b. Balt. Oct. 24, 1899; d. J Knight and Sarah (Swaine) Thomas; A. B. Columbia, 1922; Ph.D., U. London, 1924; D.Sc (hon), U. Pa., 1970; m. W. I. Thomas, 1934 (dec.). Research asst., Fed. Res. Bank, 1924; fellow Social Science Research Council, 1925-26; research Laura Spellman Rockefeller Found., 1926; research asso., asst. prof. Tchrs. Coll., Columbia, 1927-1930; research asso, asso. prof., Yale. 1931-35, dir. research in social statistics, 1935-39; staff mem. Carnegie Corp. Study of Negro in Am., 1939-40; lectr. in sociology, U. Cal., 1940-41, prof. rural sociology, 1941-48; research prof. sociology, U. Pa., Phila., 1948-1970; professorial lectr. Georgetown U; Washington, 1972-1977; vis. prof. Social Sci. Inst., U. Stockholm Sweden, 1933, 35, 36; cons. N. Y. State Research Found. for Mental Hygiene, Spl. analyst Fed. Emergency Relief Administrn., 1935-36; cons. Nat. Resources Com., 1936-37; chmn. com. on migration differentials, dir. Social Sci. Research Council, demographer Tech. Assistance Adminstrn., UN, Bombay, India, 1957, 63; mem. tech. adv. com. on 1960 census, US Bureau Census, until 1971; former mem. Census Adv. Com. on Population Statistics, until 1972; chmn., Pacific Coast Regional Com. Social Sci. Research Council, 1942-46; dir. U. Cal. Evacuation and Resettlement Study, 1942-48; cons. demography UN Tech. Assistance Bombay and Cairo, 1963-64; vis. prof. U. Gothenburg (Sweden), 1964; U. Uppsala (Sweden), 1971, 72, Ohio State U., 1971; cons. Central Statis, Bd., Sweden, 1965. Recipient Hutchinson Research medal London Sch. Econs., 1924; Fellow Am. Statis. Assn,; mem. Am. Sociol. Soc. (pres. 1952), Am. Philos. Soc. (councillor 1966-67), Population Assn. Am. (pres. 1958-59), Internat. Union Sci. Study Population, Phila. Author: Social Aspects of the Business Cycle, 1935; Child in America (with W. I. Thomas), 1928; Some New Techniques for Studying Social Behavior, 1929; Observational Studies of Social Behavior, 1933; Research Memorandum on Migration Differentials, 1938; Social and Economic Aspects of Swedish Population Movements, 1941; The Spoilage (with R. S. Nishimoto), 1946; The Salvage (with C. Kikuchi and J. Sakoda), 1952; Population Redistribution and Economic Growth, United States, 1870-1950 (with others), Vol. 1, 1957, Vol. II, 1960, Vol. III, 1964; United Nations, Manual VI, Methods of Measuring Internal Migrations (with others), 1970. Home: Bethesda, Md. Died May 1, 1977.

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