Brim, Orville Gilbert, Jr., 1923-2016
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Name (Latin)
Brim, Orville Gilbert, Jr., 1923-2016
Other forms of name
Brim, Bert, 1923-2016
Brim, Gilbert, 1923-2016
Brim, Orville Gilbert, Jr., 1923-
Brim, Gilbert, 1923-
Brim, Orville G. (Orville Gilbert), 1923-
Brim, Orville Gilbert, 1923-
Date of birth
1923-04-07
Date of death
2016-04-15
Field of activity
Social psychology
Occupation
foundation administrator
Sociologists
Gender
male
Sources of Information
- Ambition, c1992:title page (Gilbert Brim) page 4 of cover (Dr. Brim is the author and editor of a dozen books on human development; he is Director of the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Successful Midlife Development; his research and writing focuses on lifespan development, particularly on constancy and change in personality from childhood through old age)
- Contemporary Authors, via WWW, September 17, 2012(Orville G(ilbert) Brim, Jr.; born April 7, 1923 in Elmira, N.Y.; son of Orville Gilbert (a professor) and Helen (Whittier) Brim; Yale University, B.A., 1947, M.A., 1949, Ph. D., 1951; University of Wisconsin--Madison, instructor, 1952-1953, assistant professor of sociology, 1953-1955; Russell Sage Foundation, New York, N.Y., sociologist, 1955-1960, assistant secretary, 1960-1963, president, 1964-1972; president, Foundation for Child Development, 1974-; Memberships: American Orthopsychiatric Association, American Sociological Association, American Psychological Association, Society for Research in Child Development, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Sociological Research Association, Gerontological Society, American Association for Public Opinion Research, Authors Guild, Eastern Sociological Association)
- Orville Gilbert Brim, Jr., known to all as Bert; born in 1923 in Elmira, N.Y., died April 15, 2016, Florida; President of the Foundation for Child Development ( (Legacy.com, Nov. 19, 2018) )
- Look at me, 2009:title page (Orville Gilbert Brim) CIP (Brim, Orville Gilbert, 1923-)
- MIDMAC, via WWW, September 17, 2012(Dr. Orville Gilbert Brim - Social Psychology; president of Life Trends, Inc., and director of The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Successful Midlife Development, Vero Beach, Florida; Dr. Brim is the author and editor of a dozen books on human development; he is the former president of both the Russell Sage Foundation and the Foundation for Child Development; his research focuses on life span development, particularly on constancy and change in personality from childhood through old age; his most recent work was on the maintenance of ambition after success and failure)
- Marquis Who's Who, via WWW, September 17, 2012(Orville Gilbert Brim, Jr. ; former foundation administrator, writer; born April 7, 1923 in Elmira, New York; President, Russell Sage Foundation, 1964-1972; Trustee, Russell Sage Foundation, 1964-1972; Consultant, Russell Sage Foundation, 1972-1974; President, Foundation for Child Development, 1974-1985; Member core study group, MacArthur Foundation Research Program on Successful Aging, 1985-1989; Director, MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Successful Midlife Development, 1989-2002; President, Life Trends, Inc., 1991-2002)
- Sociology and the field of education, 1958:title page (Orville G. Brim, Jr., Sociologist, Russell Sage Foundation)