Wendell Bell
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Wendell Bell | |
|---|---|
 Bell circa 1948 at Fresno State University | |
| Born | September 27, 1924 |
| Died | November 3, 2019 (aged 95) |
| Occupations | Futurist, Professor Emeritus of Sociology |
| Awards | Lifetime Achievement Award (World Futures Studies Federation, 2005) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | California State University, Fresno, UCLA |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Sociology, Futures Studies |
| Institutions | Yale University, Stanford University, Northwestern University, UCLA |
| Notable works | The Foundations of Futures Studies |
Wendell Bell (September 27, 1924 – November 3, 2019)[1][2][3] was a futurist and Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Yale University.[4][5][6] His areas of specialization included sociology, social class, race, family life and future studies.[7]
During World War II, Bell was a naval aviator and served in the Philippines.
Bell graduated in Social Sciences from California State University, Fresno in 1948.[5][6] He then attained his Ph.D. from UCLA[8] in 1952 and served on the faculties of Stanford University (1952–4; directed Stanford Survey Research Facility), Northwestern University (1954–57), and UCLA (1957–63; headed West Indies Study Program). From 1963 to 1964, he was a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford, California.[6][9]
Yale career
Joining the Yale faculty in 1963, Bell went on to become chairman of the Yale Department of Sociology and helped found the Yale Program of African American Studies.[6][9] He retired from Yale in 1995.[5]
