Ronald Freedman

Ronald Freedman

Infobox_Scientist


name= Ronald Freedman
|caption=|
birth_date= birth date |1917|8|8
birth_place= unknown
death_date= death date and age |2007|11|21|1917|8|8
death_place= Ann Arbor, Michigan
nationality = American
fields = Demography
workplaces = University of Michigan
alma_mater = University of Chicago
doctoral_advisor = ______
notable_students =
known_for = Survey research on fertility
awards = IUSSP Laureate NAS Member
religion = Jewish

Dr. Ronald Freedman was an international demographer and founder of the Population Studies Center at the University of Michigan. He lead pioneering survey research on fertility in Asia.

Freedman was the recipient of many honors and awards over his career. He was a Guggenheim Fellow, a Fulbright Fellow, President of the Population Association of America, a member of the National Academy of Sciences [cite web |url=http://www.nasonline.org/site/Dir/259724116?pg=vprof&mbr=1002810 |title=Ronald Freedman elected to NAS, 1974
accessdate=2008-07-08 ] , winner of the Irene B. Taeuber Award [cite web |url=http://www.popassoc.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3306 |title=Ronald Freedman wins Irene B. Taeuber Award, 1981
accessdate=2008-07-08 ] from the Population Association of America and the Office of Population Research. He was also a Laureate of the [http://www.iussp.org/ International Union for the Scientific Study of Population] (IUSSP) [cite web |url=http://www.iussp.org/Awards/12-freedman.php |title=Ronald Freedman2002 IUSSP Laureate |accessdate=2008-07-08 ] .

Freedman died November 21, 2007 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Michigan at the age of 90.

Related

* [http://www.psc.isr.umich.edu/ UM Population Studies Center ]
* [http://www.psc.isr.umich.edu/events/archive/2007/freedmanObit.html Ronald Freedman Obituary ]

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