William Green Mather graduated from Denison University in 1924 as a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He earned his Bachelor of Divinity degree from Rochester Theological Seminary (1927) and his master's (1935) and doctoral degrees (1936) in rural sociology from Cornell University in 1935 and 1936. He was a sociology professor at Franklin College (1934-1942) and DePauw University (1942-1945). He was appointed professor of rural sociology at Pennsylvania State University in 1945. Head of the Penn State sociology and anthropology department from 1954, he retired in 1969 as professor emeritus. His research covered areas of American rural life, including church sects, health, and welfare. He was also an activist, addressing issues of environmental health and aging. An ordained minister, he was active in the Northern Baptist Convention. "I have tried to proceed on the conviction that the true goal of research is the betterment of the lot of humankind," he wrote in 1980 for his biographical sketch in Who's Who in America.
William Green Mather graduated from Denison University in 1924 as a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He earned his Bachelor of Divinity degree from Rochester Theological Seminary (1927) and his master's (1935) and doctoral degrees (1936) in rural sociology from Cornell University in 1935 and 1936. He was a sociology professor at Franklin College (1934-1942) and DePauw University (1942-1945). He was appointed professor of rural sociology at Pennsylvania State University in 1945. Head of the Penn State sociology and anthropology department from 1954, he retired in 1969 as professor emeritus. His research covered areas of American rural life, including church sects, health, and welfare. He was also an activist, addressing issues of environmental health and aging. An ordained minister, he was active in the Northern Baptist Convention. "I have tried to proceed on the conviction that the true goal of research is the betterment of the lot of humankind," he wrote in 1980 for his biographical sketch in Who's Who in America.
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