ORGANIZATION

"The AAPSS seeks to promote the progress of the social sciences and the use of social science knowledge in the enrichment of public understanding and in the development of public policy. It does so by fostering multidisciplinary understanding of important questions among those who create, disseminate, and apply the social sciences, and by encouraging and celebrating talented people who produce and use research to enhance public understanding of important social problems."

Official Website:
http://www.aapss.org/

Location:
Philadelphia, PA

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Sissela Bok	Scholar	2-Dec-1934		Ethicist
Stephen B. Burbank	Educator	c. 1946		UPenn Law Professor
Amy Gutmann	Educator	1949		President, University of Pennsylvania
Herbert Hoover	Head of State	10-Aug-1874	20-Oct-1964	31st US President, 1929-33
Morris E. Leeds	Business	6-Mar-1869	8-Feb-1952	Leeds & Northrup Co.
Nell Irvin Painter	Historian	2-Aug-1942		Creating Black Americans
Frances Perkins	Government	10-Apr-1882	14-May-1965	First female US cabinet member
Lester Frank Ward	Sociologist	18-Jun-1841	18-Apr-1913	Dynamic Sociology

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