Alfred McClung Lee (August 23, 1906 – May 19, 1992) was an American sociologist whose research included studies of American journalism, propaganda, and race relations.Daniels, Lee A. Alfred McClung Lee Dies at 85; Professor Was Noted Sociologist, The New York Times
Biography Lee was born in Oakmont, Pennsylvania in 1906.Alfred McClung Lee , American Sociological Association, Retrieved May 27, 2011 He obtained an undergraduate (1927) and master's degree (1931) at the University of Pittsburgh and a Ph.D. from Yale University (1933).
Lee's first book was The Daily Newspaper in America, The Evolution of a Social Instrument in 1937, which examined the development and influence of American newspapers. As part of his work with the Institute for Propaganda Analysis, he wrote, with his wife Elizabeth Briant Lee, The Fine Art of Propaganda (1939) which examined the speeches of Father Coughlin.(21 January 1940). Books of the Hour, The Miami News
Among his academic appointments, Lee served as chair of the Sociology and Anthropology departments at Wayne University from 1942 to 1947, and as chair of the Sociology and Anthropology department at Brooklyn College from 1951 to 1957. In 1976, he co-founded the Association for Humanist Sociology with his wife, Elizabeth Briant Lee.John F. Galliher, James M. Galliher (1995) Marginality and Dissent in Twentieth-Century American Sociology: The Case of Elizabeth Briant Lee and Alfred McClung Lee, SUNY Press, pages 9,10 He also served as president of the American Sociological Association (1976–1977), said to have been installed by a mobilisation of left-wing sociologists.Eric Kaufman (February 2019) The Long Take-Over of the American Mind from Spiked In 1973 he was one of the signers of the Humanist Manifesto II.
Lee died of congestive heart failure at his home in Madison, New Jersey, on May 19, 1992.
Publications 1937: The Daily Newspaper in America: the evolution of a social instrument via Internet Archive 1939: (with Elizabeth Briant Lee) The Fine Art of Propaganda 1943: (with Norman D. Humphrey) Race Riot, Detroit 1943, 1946: (as editor) New Outline of the Principles of Sociology via Internet Archive 1952: How to Understand Propaganda. 1954: Fraternities without Brotherhood 1966: Multivalent Man. 1973: Toward Humanist Sociology 1983: Terrorism in Northern Ireland 1976: Sociology for Whom? 1988: Sociology for People: toward a caring profession
See also Humanity & Society - Sociology journal established in 1977
References
External links The Lives, Times, and Contributions of Al and Betty Lee Galliher & Galliher excerpts Alfred McClung and Elizabeth Briant Lee from Harvard Square Library