University of Chicago / Northern Illinois University / Rockford College / United States Armed Forces Institute / /
Organization
United States Armed Forces Institute / Illinois Council on Family Relations / the University of Chicago / American Sociological Association / Rockford College / American Society of Criminology / National Council on Family Relations / Northern Illinois University / Chicago School / Midwest Sociological Society / /
Person
Ruth Shonle Cavan / Imogene L. Moyer / Ernest Burgess / /
Position
professor of sociology / Professor Emeritus / President / board member / /
Ruth Shonle Cavan was born in 1896 in Tuscola, Illinois. She took her PhD in sociology from the University of Chicago in[removed]She maintained an affiliation with the University of Chicago for many years, working primarily with Ernest Burgess on a variety of projects. Cavan left the