Lawrence K. Frank

Lawrence Kelso Frank
Born(1890-12-06)December 6, 1890
Cincinnati, Ohio
DiedSeptember 23, 1968(1968-09-23) (aged 77)
Boston, Massachusetts
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Social scientist, gerontologist, administrator
AwardsLasker Award
Academic background
EducationBA, LL.D.
Alma materColumbia University
Academic work
Era1923-1968
Discipline
  • Sociology
  • Gerontology
Sub-discipline
  • Social gerontology
  • Parent education
  • Child development

Lawrence Kelso Frank (December 6, 1890 – September 23, 1968) was an American social scientist, administrator, and parent educator,[1] particularly known as vice-president of the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation and together with Frank Fremont-Smith initiator of the Macy conferences.[2]

  1. ^ Bryson, Dennis (1998). "Lawrence K. Frank, Knowledge, and the Production of the "Social"". Poetics Today. 19 (3): 401–421. doi:10.2307/1773426. ISSN 0333-5372. JSTOR 1773426.
  2. ^ HISTORY OF CYBERNETICS by the ASC, retrieved 15 April 2008