Franz Adler

Franz Adler (September 23, 1908 — May 21, 1983) was an American sociologist of Austrian origin.

Life and career

Adler was born on September 23, 1908, in Vienna, Austria, to Austrian jurist Emanuel Adler (1873-1929) and Valerie Adler. 

He received his doctorate in 1933 from the University of Vienna. He emigrated to the United States in 1938 and received US citizenship in 1944. After emigrating to the United States, Adler obtained a Master of Arts degree in Social Economy from American University, Washington. D.C., in 1942 and a Ph.D. degree in sociology from the University of Wisconsin in 1953.

Adler had been teaching since 1941, initially as a teaching assistant at Washington State College until 1943. Until 1945, he was also involved as a consultant for Austria in the American effort in World War II. He then taught in various capacities at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, and Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa. From 1947 to 1953, Adler was an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Arkansas, where he was appointed professor in 1956. 

In 1958, he began teaching at the University of California, Los Angeles. In August 1964, he was promoted to full professor of sociology in the School of Letters and Science at California State College at Los Angeles.

Adler was a member of the American Society of Bookplate Collectors & Designers, as well as of their Dutch and German equivalents.

Adler published numerous articles in the American Journal of Sociology. He also regularly reviewed books in the American Sociological Review and other journals. He also contributed to the following publications:

• Howard Becker and Alvin Boskoff (Eds.): Modern sociological theory in continuity and change. (Dryden, New York 1957.)
• John Kosa (Ed.): The home of the learned man. A symposium on the immigrant scholar in America (New Haven 1968)

Personal life

Adler married Leta L. McKinley on May 9, 1943; the couple had two children, James E. and D. Linn.