ftr.P.A- Parsons
Dies in Florence
(Continued from page one)
■board will remain a monument to
his insight and tolerance. In his
death I have lost a benefactor;
his colleagues have lost a friend;
the state, a real reformer.”
Came Here in 1820
Dr. Phillip A. Parsons came to
the University of Oregon in 1920
from Syracuse university, where
he had served as professor of so
ciology and head of the depart
ment. He was ordained a Pres
bvterian minister but devoted vir
^Plly all his career to higher ed
ucation and sociological research.
Held Many Offices
One of the important phases of
Dr. Parsons’ work was his direc
tion of the annual commonwealth
conferences which have studied
Oregon's social and economic
problems for many years. He serv
ed for several years as editor of
the Commonwealth Review, or
gan of the conference.
Dr. Parsons was chairman of
the Oregon child welfare commis
sion from 1928 to 1931, chairman
of the Oregon planning board,
and through the years has held
a large number of official posts
in a wide range of social welfare
organizations.
Also An Author
The sociology head was the
j^hor of several books — “Re
Hmsibility for Crime,” 1909; “An
Introduction to Modern Social
Problems,” 1924; “Crime and the
Criminal,” 1926; “Nature and
Prospects of Civilization,” 1936.
Dr. Parsons was a member of
all the leading sociology and so
cial-work organizations, including
the American Sociological socie
ty, the American Institute of
Criminal Law and Criminology,
the National Council of the Am
erican Association of Social
Workers, National Probation as
sociation, National Liberal
League, American Association of
Navy Commission Given
Religion Professor
The navy obtained another
University of Oregon professor
this week when Dr. Paul B.
Means, professor of religion, went
to Annapolis, Maryland, where
he will be commissioned a lieu
tenant, senior grade.
According to Dr. Earl M. Pal
lett, registrar, no successor has
been appointed to fill Dr. Means’
place because there have been no
applications from qualified per
sons for the position.
Dr. Means came to Oregon in
1941, after teaching at the Col
lege of Puget Sound since 1939.
He obtained his A.B. at Yale
in 1915, B.Litt. in 1923 from Ox
ford, and his Ph.D. in 1934 from
Columbia university.
Dr. Means spent 12 years in
Borneo, Sumatra, and Singapore,
supervising religious publications
for the Methodist church.
During World War I he was a
YMCA worker for two years in
Calcutta, India, and spent one
year with the British army in
Mesopotamia.
His family will remain in Eu
gene for the duration.
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Dr. Parsons was married to
Helen Therese Stahlberger, of
Auburn, N. Y., in 1909, and after
her death he married Lucile G.
Bean in Eugene in 1936. Besides
his widow he leaves two daugh
ters, Katrine Wagonner and Hel
,ene.
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Judges Pick
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The four judges from the school
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