Arnold Marshall Rose (July 2, 1918 – January 2, 1968) was an American sociologist and politician. He was elected to the

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and to the presidency of the

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(ASA). He held faculty appointments at

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and the

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. He had a special interest in the study of race relations.

Biography

Born in Chicago in 1918, Rose earned several degrees from the

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, including undergraduate degrees in sociology and economics, then master's and doctoral degrees in sociology. He served in

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in the Mediterranean Theater. As a young man, he assisted

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on ''An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy''. He worked at the University of Minnesota from 1949 until his death. He also wrote ''The Negro in America'' and ''The Power Struggle''. Studying the issue of race relations, Rose found that racism presented four problems. It limited a society's access to talent and leadership, aggravated social issues like poverty, cost a society money and time to defend, and damaged goodwill between nations. He spent stints as a

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at the

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and the University of Rome in the 1950s. Rose was elected to a seat in the

in 1962. He did not seek another term because he had been diagnosed with cancer by 1966. Rose married sociologist and professor Caroline Baer in 1943. He died in January 1968, shortly after being elected president of the ASA but before beginning his term of office. The organization chose to recognize him as one of its presidents. Caroline Baer Rose led the Council for University Women's Progress and the Midwest Sociological Society. She died of cancer in 1975.

References

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