| William Julius Wilson  Born: 20-Dec-1935
Birthplace: Derry Township, PA
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Sociologist Nationality: United States
Executive summary: The Declining Significance of Race Military service: US Army Currently holds a University Professorship at Harvard.
Father: (steelworker, d. 1949)
Mother: (maid)
Wife: (two daughters)
Wife: Beverly Ann Huebner (two children)
University: BA Sociology, Wilberforce University (1958)
University: MA Sociology, Bowling Green State University (1961)
University: PhD Sociology, Washington State University (1966)
Professor: University of Massachusetts at Amherst (1965-71)
Professor: University of Chicago (1972-96)
Professor: Harvard University (1996-)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Philosophical Society
American Sociological Association President (emeritus)
Campaign for America's Future
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
The Century Foundation Trustee
Gore 2000
National Academy of Sciences
Obama for America
Russell Sage Foundation
Urban League
MacArthur Fellowship 1987-92
National Medal of Science May-1999
Author of books:
The Declining Significance of Race: Blacks and Changing American Institutions (1978, nonfiction)
The Truly Disadvantaged: The Inner City, the Underclass, and Public Policy (1987, nonfiction)
When Work Disappears: The World of the New Urban Poor (1996, nonfiction)
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