Alvin Gouldner

Alvin Ward Gouldner
BornJuly 29, 1920
New York City, US
DiedDecember 15, 1980(1980-12-15) (aged 60)
Academic background
Alma materBaruch College
Columbia University
ThesisIndustry and Bureaucracy (1954)
Doctoral advisorRobert K. Merton
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity at Buffalo
Antioch College
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Washington University in St. Louis
University of Amsterdam

Alvin Ward Gouldner (July 29, 1920 – December 15, 1980) was an American sociologist, lecturer, and radical activist.