Urie Bronfenbrenner

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185317
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White Male born in 1917

Born in Moscow, Russia in 1917, Urie Bronfenbrenner came to the United States at the age of 6. After graduating from high school in Haverstraw, N.Y., he received a bachelor's degree from Cornell in 1938, completing a double major in psychology and music. He went on to graduate work in developmental psychology, completing an M.A. degree at Harvard University followed by a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1942. The day after receiving his doctorate he was inducted into the Army, where he served as a psychologist in a variety of assignments in the Air Corps and the Office of Strategic Services. After completing officer training, he served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps. Following demobilization and a two-year stint as an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Michigan, he joined the Cornell faculty in 1948, where he remained for the rest of his professional life.

Date and place of birth are supported by the obituary at https://web.archive.org/web/20161216024954/http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2005/09/head-start-founder-urie-bronfenbrenner-dies-88 from which other biographical facts are drawn. This 2005 obituary in the Cornell Chronicle was written by Susan S. Lang, then managing editor of the Cornell Chronicle and drew on statements by departmental colleagues, the President of Cornell, and former students.

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YearNameRelation to HeadAddressAgeRacePOBMarriageOccupation
1950Bronfenbrenner, UrieHead116 McIntyre Pl32WhiteRussiaMarriedProfessor in Psychology
Relatives in 1950 US Census
NameRelation to HeadAddressAgeRacePOBMarriageOccupation
Bronfenbrenner, Liese DWife116 McIntyre Pl29WhiteGermanyMarriedAssistant in Drawing
Bronfenbrenner, Beth EDaughter116 McIntyre Pl6WhiteDistrict of ColumbiaNever MarriedNone
Bronfenbrenner, Ann LDaughter116 McIntyre Pl3WhiteMichiganNever MarriedNone
Bronfenbrenner, Mary RDaughter116 McIntyre Pl1WhiteNew YorkNever MarriedNone
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"Urie Bronfenbrenner (born April 29, 1917, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R. — died September 25, 2005, Ithaca, New York, U.S.) was a Russian-born American psychologist best known for having developed human ecology theory (ecological systems theory), in which individuals are seen as maturing not in isolation but within the context of relationships, such as those involving families, friends, schools, neighbourhoods, and society. Bronfenbrenner divided the entire ecological system in which human growth occurs into five subsystems that are organized socially: the microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, macrosystem, and chronosystem."

Gilstrap, Livia L. and Zierten, Elizabeth A.. "Urie Bronfenbrenner". Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May. 2024, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Urie-Bronfenbrenner. Accessed 23 July 2024.

May 7, 2024