Donald Joseph Bogue (1918–2014) was an American sociologist and demographer.

Donald Joseph Bogue
Born1918
Independence, Missouri
Died2014(2014-00-00) (aged 95–96)
Dyer, Indiana
Occupation(s)Sociologist and Demographer

Bogue was born in Utah and raised on a farm near Independence, Missouri.[1][2] He earned his bachelor's degree in sociology from the University of Iowa in 1939, and completed a master's degree in the same subject at Washington State College the following year.[3][4] Between 1942 and 1946, Bogue was a statistician for the United States Navy.[3][4] After World War II ended, Bogue authored the 1949 doctoral dissertation The Structure of the Metropolitan Community: A Study of Dominance and Subdominance under the direction of Amos Hawley at the University of Michigan.[5][6]

Bogue began his research work in 1947, with the Scripps Foundation for Research in Population Problems at Miami University, then joined the University of Chicago in 1954, where he became a full professor in 1958 and remained for the rest of his career.[3][4][1] He was elected a fellow of the American Statistical Association in 1956.[7] Bogue was the president of the Population Association of America from 1963 to 1964,[8] and founded the organization's flagship academic journal, Demography, serving as chief editor from 1964 to 1968.[5][9]

Bogue was married to Elizabeth Mullen from 1944 to her death in 1973.[1] He died in Dyer, Indiana, on 21 April 2014, aged 96.[1][2] A collection of Bogue's papers is held at the University of Chicago Library.[10]

Selected publications

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  • Bogue, Donald J. (1985) [1959]. The Population of the United States. Free Press.[11]
  • Bogue, Donald J. (1963). Skid Row in American Cities. University of Chicago Press.[12]
  • Burgess, Ernest W.; Bogue, Donald J., eds. (1964). Contributions to Urban Sociology. University of Chicago Press.[13]
  • Bogue, Donald J., ed. (1967). Sociological Contributions to Family Planning Research. Community and Family Study Center, University of Chicago.[14]
  • Bogue, Donald J. (1969). Principles of Demography. John Wiley and Sons.[15]
  • Bogue, Donald J., ed. (1970). Further Sociological Contributions to Family Planning Research. Community and Family Study Center, University of Chicago.[16]
  • Bogue, Donald J.; Liegel, Gregory; Kozloski, Michael (2009). Immigration, Internal Migration, and Local Mobility in the U.S. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 9781848444089.[17]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Harms, William (29 April 2014). "Donald J. Bogue, one of the nation's leading demographers, 1918-2014". University of Chicago. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  2. ^ a b Hassell, Bravetta (9 May 2014). "Donald Bogue, University of Chicago sociologist, 1918-2014". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  3. ^ a b c van der Taak, Jean (30 March 1989). "Interviews with Presidents of the Population Association of America Interview with Donald J. Bogue PAA President in 1963-64" (PDF). Population Association of America. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  4. ^ a b c "PAA Honored Members: Donald J. Bogue". Population Association of America. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  5. ^ a b White, Michael J. "Bogue, Donald (1918–2014)". The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology. doi:10.1002/9781405165518.wbeos0971.
  6. ^ Donald Bogue at the Mathematics Genealogy Project  
  7. ^ "ASA Fellows". American Statistical Association. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  8. ^ "PAA Officers & Board Members: Past Presidents 1931–Present". Population Association of America. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  9. ^ Bogue, Donald J. (November 1993). "How demography was born". Demography. 30: 519–521. doi:10.2307/2061803.
  10. ^ "Guide to the Donald J. Bogue Papers 1937-2014". University of Chicago Library. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  11. ^ Reviews of The Population of the United States include:
    • Kiser, Clyde V. (March 1960). "DONALD J. BOGUE. The Population of the United States. Pp. xix, 873. Glencoe, Ill.: Free Press, 1959. $17.50". The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 328 (1). doi:10.1177/000271626032800164.
    • Haines, Michael R. (December 1985). "The Population of the United States: Historical Trends and Future Projections. By Donald J. Bogue. New York: The Free Press, 1985. Pp. viii, 728. $70.00". The Journal of Economic History. 45 (4): 1019–1020. doi:10.1017/S0022050700035580.
  12. ^ Reviews of Skid Row in American Cities include:
    • Cain Jr., Leonard D. (March 1966). "Skid Row in American Cities. Donald J. Bogue". American Journal of Sociology. 71 (5). doi:10.1086/224186.
    • Werner, Stewart (July 1964). "Book Reviews : Skid Row in American Cities, Donald J. Bogue. Pp. 496. University of Chicago Community and Study Center, 1963, $6.50". Crime and Delinquency. 10 (3). doi:10.1177/001112876401000320.
    • Sherlock, Basil J. (October 1964). "SKID ROW IN AMERICAN CITIES. By Donald J. Bogue. Chicago: Community and Family Study Center, University of Chicago, 1963. 521 pp. Illustrated. $6.50 Get access Arrow". Social Forces. 43 (1): 113–114. doi:10.1093/sf/43.1.113.
    • Niebuhr Jr., Herman (July 1964). "Skid Row in American Cities. By Donald J. Bogue. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1963. 521 pp. $6.50". Social Work. 9 (3): 117–118. doi:10.1093/sw/9.3.117.
  13. ^ Reviews of Contributions to Urban Sociology include:
    • Smith, Joel (December 1964). "CONTRIBUTIONS TO URBAN SOCIOLOGY. Edited by Ernest W. Burgess and Donald J. Bogue. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1964. 673 pp. $12.00". Social Forces. 43 (2): 263–264. doi:10.2307/2574342.
    • Westergaard, J. H. (February 1966). "Urban Sociology: a Review Article". Urban Studies. 3 (1). doi:10.1080/00420986620080061.
  14. ^ Reviews of Sociological Contributions to Family Planning Research include:
  15. ^ Reviews of Principles of Demography include:
  16. ^ Thomlinson, Ralph (September 1972). "FURTHER SOCIOLOGICAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO FAMILY PLANNING RESEARCH. Edited by Donald J. Bogue. Chicago: Community and Family Study Center, University of Chicago, 1970. 459 pp". Social Forces. 51 (1): 124. doi:10.1093/sf/51.1.124.
  17. ^ Reviews of Immigration, Internal Migration, and Local Mobility in the U.S include:
    • Stevens, Gillian (2011). "Immigration, Internal Migration, and Local Mobility in the U.S., by Bogue Donald J., Liegel Gregory, and Kozloski Michael. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 2009. 283pp. $125.00 cloth. ISBN: 9781848444089". Contemporary Sociology. 40 (2). doi:10.1177/0094306110396847d.
    • Bell, Martin (2010). "Book review: dimensions of migration". Journal of Population Research. 27 (1): 59–61. JSTOR 41110954.