Robert E. Merton

Kim & Rima McKinzey rkmck at EARTHLINK.NET
Tue Feb 25 08:02:48 UTC 2003


In today's paper was the obituary for Robert E. Merton, "one of the
most influential sociologists of the 20th century, whose coinage of
terms like 'self-fulfilling prophecy' and 'role models' filtered from
his academic pursuits into everyday language..."  he was 92.  He
apparently also helped develop focus groups.

Rima



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