Carl Kelsey, 1870 -- 1953.

This article focuses on sociologist Carl Kelsey, who was born at Grinnell, Iowa, on September 2, 1870, was graduated from Iowa College in 1890, served as a teacher in the high school at Marshalltown, Iowa, entered the Andover Theological Seminary, Andover, Massachusetts, in 1892, and completed his studies there in 1895. After a year spent in social work in Helena, Montana, he went to Germany for two years, studying at the universities in Berlin and Gottingen. On his return, he again held social work positions in Buffalo, New York and Boston, Massachusetts and from 1898 to 1901 he was engaged in child welfare work in Chicago, Illinois, where he participated in the drafting of the Illinois Juvenile Court Law of 1899. After graduate study at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he received a doctorate in 1903 and an appointment as instructor in sociology. Promoted to assistant professor in 1904 and professor in 1906 he remained until his retirement as emeritus professor in 1941. From 1904 to 1913 be directed the summer sessions of the New York School of Philanthropy, in 1914 and 1915 he taught in the summer sessions at the University of California, and in 1923 in the summer session at the University of Washington.