Biography:

Sociologist, university professor. Born– Aug. 3, 1924, Mandvi-Kutch, India. Parents– Ahmed Ismail and Aminabai Sueleman Khatri. Married– Manju Dedhia, Aug. 25, 1967. Children– Two. Education– Bombay University, B.A., 1946, LL.B., 1948, M.A., 1949, M.Sc., 1956; University of London, Ph.D., 1970. Taught at Samaldas College in Bhavanagar, India, 1949-1950; employed, Government of Bombay Guidance Bureau, 1950-1951; employed, B.M. Institute in Ahmedabad, India, 1957-1965; taught psychology and sociology,  Jacksonville State University, 1965-1967; University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1970-. Fulbright Senior Scholar, 1965-1967. Member; International Sociological Association; American Sociological Association. Awarded emeritus status on his retirement at UAB. Died March 7, 2009.

Source:

Who’s Who in the South and Southwest, 1978. Obituary, Birmingham News, March 9, 2009.

Publication(s):

Marriage and Family, Relations Throughout Literature. Bayside, N.Y.; General Hall, Inc., 1983.

Joint_Publication(s):

Perspectives on Marriage and the Family. Lexington, Mass.; Xerox College Publishing, 197-.