Morris Janowitz
Morris Janowitz (October 22, 1919 – November 7, 1988) was an American
sociologist and professor who made major contributions to sociological theory, the study of
prejudice, urban issues, and
patriotism. He was one of the founders of
military sociology and made major contributions, along with
Samuel P. Huntington, to the establishment of contemporary
civil-military relations. He was a professor of sociology at the
University of Michigan and the
University of Chicago and held a five-year chairmanship of the Sociology Department at University of Chicago. He was the Lawrence A. Kimpton Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago. Janowitz was the vice-president of the
American Sociological Association, receiving their Career of Distinguished Scholarship award, and a fellow of both the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the
American Philosophical Association. Janowitz also founded the
Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society, as well as the journal ''
Armed Forces & Society''. He was an early founder of the field of
military sociology. His students, such as
David R. Segal, Mady Segal, and
James Burk are prominent and influential military sociologists.
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