EVANSTON, IL, September 07, 2018 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Marquis Who's Who, the world's premier publisher of biographical profiles, is proud to present Robert Dreeben, Ph.D., with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award. An accomplished listee, Dr. Dreeben celebrates many years' experience in his professional network, and has been noted for achievements, leadership qualities, and the credentials and successes he has accrued in his field. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
Robert Dreeben is professor emeritus at the University of Chicago and former chair of the Department of Education and of the Sociology of Education Section of the American Sociological Association (ASA). He received his AB from Oberlin in psychology (1952), his AM from Columbia on sociology (1954), and his PhD from Harvard in sociology (1962). Publications include On What Is Learned in School; "American Schooling: Patterns and Processes of Stability and Change;" in Barber and Inkeles (eds.), Stability and Social Change; How Schools Work (authored jointly with Rebecca Barr); "The Sociology of Education: Its Development in the United States," in Pallas, (ed.), Research on Sociology of Education and Socialization (v. 10), the last receiving the Willard Waller Award from the ASA, and "Teaching and the Competence of Occupations," in Hedges and Schneider (eds.), The Social Organization of Schooling. The book Stability and Change in American Education, edited by Hallinan, Gamoran, Kubitschek, and Loveless, was published in 2003 to mark his contributions. He received the Willard Waller Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Sociology of Education Section of the American Sociological Association, in 2013.
In recognition of outstanding contributions to his profession and the Marquis Who's Who community, Dr. Dreeben has been featured on the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement website. Please visit www.ltachievers.com for more information about this honor.
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