Bio: (1898–1977) American sociologist. Donald Ramsey Young received his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania and later become professor at the same university. He also worked as President of the Social Science Research Council in New York and President of the Russell Sage Foundation, and as a professor at Rockefeller University. He was the President of the American Sociological Association in 1955. Young contributed to several sociological fields: the study of minorities, medical sociology, sociology of cinema, and legal sociology.

Main works

Motion Pictures: A Study in Social Legislation (1922);

American Minority Peoples (1932);

Minority Peoples in the Depression (1937);

Trusteeship and the Management of Foundations (1970).