Reid, Ira De Augustine, 1901-1968

found: U.S. National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement. Report on the causes of crime, 1931

found: African American National Biography, accessed March 22, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Reid, Ira De Augustine; sociologist, professor; born 02 July 1901 in Clifton Forge, Virginia, United States; MA from University of Pittsburgh (1925); PhD in sociology from Columbia University (1939); industrial secretary (1925-1928) and director of research (1928-1934) of the New York Urban League; faculty (1937-1944) and chair of sociology department (1944-1946) at Atlanta University; visiting professor (1946-1947) and chair of the sociology department (1948-1966) at Haverford College, Pennsylvania; joined the Society of Friends (1950-1965); assistant editor of the American Sociological Review (1947-1950); vice president (1953-1954) and president (1954-1955) of the Eastern Sociological Society; Danforth Foundation Distinguished Visiting Professor, International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan (1962-1963); died 15 August 1968 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States)