Alden Speare Jr., 54, professor at Brown, dies on trip in Tokyo
Alden Speare Jr., 54, of Orchard Place, professor of sociology at Brown University, died Saturday in Tokyo, Japan, while traveling to Beijing, China, to present a lecture series on demography and marketing. He was the husband of Mary (Chapman) Speare.
Born in Hartford, Conn., a son of Alden and Elizabeth (George) Speare, he lived in Providence since 1969, and was a summer resident of Greensboro, Vt.
Professor Speare was a 1963 graduate of Cornell University, and earned his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Michigan in 1969, when he joined the Brown faculty as assistant professor. He became full professor in 1981. His tenure at Brown was marked by his continuing interest in and mentoring of graduate students in sociology.
In 1967-68, he was visiting assistant professor at Tunghai University, Taiwan, and served as a field associate, demographic division, The Population Council, at the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, Jakarta, Indonesia. In 1984-85 and 1991-92, he was a visiting researcher at the Center for Demographic Studies, Bureau of the Census, Washington.
He was a former deputy editor of Demography, and a frequent editorial consultant for Demography and The American Sociological Review. He was a former member of the executive committee of the Center for Energy Studies.
Professor Speare published more than 50 articles and research papers on demographic, economic, and social issues. He co-authored several books, including Residential Mobility, Migration and Metropolitan Change, and Regional and Metropolitan Growth and Decline in the United States. He also wrote Urbanization and Development: The Rural/Urban Transition in Taiwan (1988). He lectured throughout the world on sociological issues, especially those concerning the Far East.
He was a member of the Bristol Yacht Club and the First Unitarian Church of Providence.
Besides his wife and parents he leaves a son, Philip Alden Speare of Belmont, Mass.; a daughter, Laura Elizabeth Speare of Arlington, Va., and a sister, Elizabeth Speare Carey of Shaker Heights, Ohio.
A memorial service will be held tomorrow at 11 a.m. at the First Unitarian Church, Benefit Street.
(Providence Journal (RI) - Tuesday, Jan. 11, 1994)
Alden Speare Jr., 54, of Orchard Place, professor of sociology at Brown University, died Saturday in Tokyo, Japan, while traveling to Beijing, China, to present a lecture series on demography and marketing. He was the husband of Mary (Chapman) Speare.
Born in Hartford, Conn., a son of Alden and Elizabeth (George) Speare, he lived in Providence since 1969, and was a summer resident of Greensboro, Vt.
Professor Speare was a 1963 graduate of Cornell University, and earned his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Michigan in 1969, when he joined the Brown faculty as assistant professor. He became full professor in 1981. His tenure at Brown was marked by his continuing interest in and mentoring of graduate students in sociology.
In 1967-68, he was visiting assistant professor at Tunghai University, Taiwan, and served as a field associate, demographic division, The Population Council, at the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, Jakarta, Indonesia. In 1984-85 and 1991-92, he was a visiting researcher at the Center for Demographic Studies, Bureau of the Census, Washington.
He was a former deputy editor of Demography, and a frequent editorial consultant for Demography and The American Sociological Review. He was a former member of the executive committee of the Center for Energy Studies.
Professor Speare published more than 50 articles and research papers on demographic, economic, and social issues. He co-authored several books, including Residential Mobility, Migration and Metropolitan Change, and Regional and Metropolitan Growth and Decline in the United States. He also wrote Urbanization and Development: The Rural/Urban Transition in Taiwan (1988). He lectured throughout the world on sociological issues, especially those concerning the Far East.
He was a member of the Bristol Yacht Club and the First Unitarian Church of Providence.
Besides his wife and parents he leaves a son, Philip Alden Speare of Belmont, Mass.; a daughter, Laura Elizabeth Speare of Arlington, Va., and a sister, Elizabeth Speare Carey of Shaker Heights, Ohio.
A memorial service will be held tomorrow at 11 a.m. at the First Unitarian Church, Benefit Street.
(Providence Journal (RI) - Tuesday, Jan. 11, 1994)
Alden Speare Jr., 54, professor at Brown, dies on trip in Tokyo
Alden Speare Jr., 54, of Orchard Place, professor of sociology at Brown University, died Saturday in Tokyo, Japan, while traveling to Beijing, China, to present a lecture series on demography and marketing. He was the husband of Mary (Chapman) Speare.
Born in Hartford, Conn., a son of Alden and Elizabeth (George) Speare, he lived in Providence since 1969, and was a summer resident of Greensboro, Vt.
Professor Speare was a 1963 graduate of Cornell University, and earned his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Michigan in 1969, when he joined the Brown faculty as assistant professor. He became full professor in 1981. His tenure at Brown was marked by his continuing interest in and mentoring of graduate students in sociology.
In 1967-68, he was visiting assistant professor at Tunghai University, Taiwan, and served as a field associate, demographic division, The Population Council, at the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, Jakarta, Indonesia. In 1984-85 and 1991-92, he was a visiting researcher at the Center for Demographic Studies, Bureau of the Census, Washington.
He was a former deputy editor of Demography, and a frequent editorial consultant for Demography and The American Sociological Review. He was a former member of the executive committee of the Center for Energy Studies.
Professor Speare published more than 50 articles and research papers on demographic, economic, and social issues. He co-authored several books, including Residential Mobility, Migration and Metropolitan Change, and Regional and Metropolitan Growth and Decline in the United States. He also wrote Urbanization and Development: The Rural/Urban Transition in Taiwan (1988). He lectured throughout the world on sociological issues, especially those concerning the Far East.
He was a member of the Bristol Yacht Club and the First Unitarian Church of Providence.
Besides his wife and parents he leaves a son, Philip Alden Speare of Belmont, Mass.; a daughter, Laura Elizabeth Speare of Arlington, Va., and a sister, Elizabeth Speare Carey of Shaker Heights, Ohio.
A memorial service will be held tomorrow at 11 a.m. at the First Unitarian Church, Benefit Street.
(Providence Journal (RI) - Tuesday, Jan. 11, 1994)
Alden Speare Jr., 54, of Orchard Place, professor of sociology at Brown University, died Saturday in Tokyo, Japan, while traveling to Beijing, China, to present a lecture series on demography and marketing. He was the husband of Mary (Chapman) Speare.
Born in Hartford, Conn., a son of Alden and Elizabeth (George) Speare, he lived in Providence since 1969, and was a summer resident of Greensboro, Vt.
Professor Speare was a 1963 graduate of Cornell University, and earned his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Michigan in 1969, when he joined the Brown faculty as assistant professor. He became full professor in 1981. His tenure at Brown was marked by his continuing interest in and mentoring of graduate students in sociology.
In 1967-68, he was visiting assistant professor at Tunghai University, Taiwan, and served as a field associate, demographic division, The Population Council, at the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, Jakarta, Indonesia. In 1984-85 and 1991-92, he was a visiting researcher at the Center for Demographic Studies, Bureau of the Census, Washington.
He was a former deputy editor of Demography, and a frequent editorial consultant for Demography and The American Sociological Review. He was a former member of the executive committee of the Center for Energy Studies.
Professor Speare published more than 50 articles and research papers on demographic, economic, and social issues. He co-authored several books, including Residential Mobility, Migration and Metropolitan Change, and Regional and Metropolitan Growth and Decline in the United States. He also wrote Urbanization and Development: The Rural/Urban Transition in Taiwan (1988). He lectured throughout the world on sociological issues, especially those concerning the Far East.
He was a member of the Bristol Yacht Club and the First Unitarian Church of Providence.
Besides his wife and parents he leaves a son, Philip Alden Speare of Belmont, Mass.; a daughter, Laura Elizabeth Speare of Arlington, Va., and a sister, Elizabeth Speare Carey of Shaker Heights, Ohio.
A memorial service will be held tomorrow at 11 a.m. at the First Unitarian Church, Benefit Street.
(Providence Journal (RI) - Tuesday, Jan. 11, 1994)
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