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1952
Dorothy Swaine
Thomas
1951
Robert C. Angell
1949
Talcott Parsons
1948
E. Franklin Frazier
1946
Carl C. Taylor
1945
Kimball Young
1944
Rupert B. Vance
1943
George A. Lundberg
1941
Stuart A. Queen
1940
Robert M. MacIver
1938
Frank H. Hankins
1937
Ellsworth Faris
1936
Henry P. Fairchild
1935
F. Stuart Chapin
1931
Emory S. Bogardus
1910-1911
Franklin H. Giddings
*Sociologists Look at the Future is a recording from the American Sociological Society Annual Meeting in Berkeley, California on August 30, 1953 where past presidents were asked “What are the best words of counsel you can give to a young PhD just launching his or her sociological career?” Series introduction, individual introductions, and concluding remarks by Samuel A. Stouffer.