Guy E. Swanson

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Ed, as he was more popularly known, was born in 1922 in Pennsylvania and grew up in the town of Erie. He received the B.A. and M.A. in sociology, both in 1943, at the University of Pittsburgh, and his Ph.D. in sociology at the University of Chicago in 1948. His academic career began as an Instructor at Boston and Indiana universities, followed by a distinguished early term of service at the University of Michigan, where he began as an Instructor of Sociology and moved up the ranks to Professor; he served two terms as Department Chair.

In 1969, Ed joined the UCB faculty as a professor of sociology, a position he retained until 1984, when he changed departments to become a professor of psychology. From 1980-1987, he was also the director of the Institute of Human Development, one of the university's oldest and most renowned research units. Although Ed officially retired in 1991 and became emeritus, he continued to teach and be active in faculty affairs until his death.
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