Lewis A. Coser | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 27, 1913 |
| Died | July 8, 2003 (aged 89)[2] |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Columbia University |
| Thesis | Toward a Sociology of Social Conflict (1954) |
| Doctoral advisor | Robert K. Merton[1] |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Chicago University of California Brandeis University Stony Brook University |
| Doctoral students | Aldon Morris, Walter W. Powell |
Lewis Alfred Coser (27 November 1913 in Berlin – 8 July 2003 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) was a German-American sociologist, serving as the 66th president of the American Sociological Association in 1975.