John Delos DeLamater (October 12, 1940 – December 13, 2017) was an American sociologist and sexologist who taught at the

University of Wisconsin–Madison A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United Stat ...

, where he was the Conway-Bascom Professor Emeritus in the Department of Sociology. He was born to Clarence Delos DeLamater and Ethel Anna Hunter, on October 12, 1940, in

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. DeLamater earned a doctorate in social psychology from the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

in 1969, and joined the faculty of the

the same year. DeLamater was named a fellow of the

Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality The Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSSS, or "quad-S") is a 501(c)3 non-profit professional membership organization "dedicated to advancing knowledge of sexuality and communicating scientifically based sexuality research and scholarsh ...

, received the Alfred E. Kinsey award for sex research, and served as editor of the ''

Journal of Sex Research The ''Journal of Sex Research'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering the study of human sexuality and the field of sexology in general. It is published by Routledge on behalf of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality. In 1963, th ...

''. He had three children. He donated two PCC streetcars to the City of Kenosha, Wisconsin which operate on their trolley line and are dedicated to his memory.

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