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Helmreich was born in Switzerland, the son of Holocaust survivors, and emigrated with his family to the United States when he was a child.
William Helmreich (August 25, – March 28, ) was a Swiss-born American professor of sociology at the City College of New York..
William B. Helmreich
American sociologist (1945–2020)
William Helmreich (August 25, 1945 – March 28, 2020) was a Swiss-born American professor of sociology at the City College of New YorkColin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.[1] He was also a published author.[2][3][4]
Helmreich was a distinguished professor at the City University of New York,[4] who specialized in race and ethnic relations, religion, immigration, risk behavior, the sociology of New York City, urban sociology, consumer behavior, and market research.
Early life
Helmreich was born in 1945 in Zürich, Switzerland,[5][6] the son of Holocaust survivor parents.[7] In 1946, he was brought to the US as an infant,[8][3] and grew up in New York City on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.[9] He studied in the Ner Yisroel and Kamenitz Yeshivas.