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Much of Becker's early work was guided in the Chicago School tradition, in particular by Everett C. Hughes who served as Becker's mentor and advisor. [4] Becker is also often labeled a symbolic interactionist, even though he doesn't accept the label. [3] According to Becker, his academic lineage is Georg Simmel, Robert E. Park, and Everett ...
Carol Ann Susi (February 2, 1952 – November 11, 2014) was an American actress whose career spanned 40 years. Her best known roles were probably her first and last; she debuted as the recurring character of semi-competent but likable intern Monique Marmelstein on Kolchak: The Night Stalker.
Howard P. Becker (1899–1960), American sociologist Howard S. Becker (1928–2023), American sociologist Howard D. Becker (1914–1995), American painter and watercolorist
His mother married again, to Becker's brother Paul. His father Charles Becker later married twice more. He was prosecuted in New York for the 1912 murder of a gambler, found guilty, and executed in 1915. Howard P. Becker was brought up by his mother and stepfather in Reno and Winnemucca, Nevada, where he attended local
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Their son, Howard P. Becker, was born in 1899. Six years later the couple divorced, and Howard grew up with his mother and stepfather in the West. His mother married Charles's brother Paul. Howard Becker completed a doctorate in sociology at the University of Chicago and later became a full professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Becker himself claimed that: "In The Denial of Death I argued that man's innate and all-encompassing fear of death drives him to attempt to transcend death through culturally standardized hero systems and symbols." [5] A premise of The Denial of Death is that human civilization is a defense mechanism against the knowledge of our mortality. In ...
Ralph Elihu Becker (1907–1994), U.S. attorney and ambassador to Honduras 1976–1977; Ralph Elihu Becker (born 1952), U.S. attorney and Republican politician; 34th Mayor of Salt Lake City, UT; Richard S. Becker (1926-2015), United States Air Force flying ace; Rich Becker (born 1972), U.S. baseball player