j.r.d. tata established the first school of social work in 1936.
who established the first school of social work in 1936?
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in 1926, manuel conrad elmer was recruited from the university of minnesota as chair of the department of sociology at the university of pittsburgh. elmer, who received one of the first doctorates in sociology from the university of chicago (1914), was instrumental in building and developing the sociology department at the university of pittsburgh. (elmer published his last book at age 101 in 1987.) elmer was also committed to rebuilding the social work program at the university of pittsburgh. in 1928, course listings in social work reappeared. in 1931, the division of social work was created as a separate unit within the department of sociology. students in that era earned a master of arts in social work. also in 1931, the division of social work established an agency advisory committee, an agency advisory committee for group work, an agency advisory committee for medical social work, and an agency advisory committee for policy studies. in 1932, the university began the process of having its accreditation reinstated by the aaspsw, a request made formally in january 1933. in july 1933, dr. marion hathway was recruited by elmer from the university of chicago as an assistant professor. hathway’s responsibilities were to direct the social work program, obtain accreditation for the program and to build toward the establishment of a school of social work separate form the department or sociology. in 1934, dr. hathway was given the title “assistant director of the division of social work.” also in 1934, the aaspsw approved the university’s application for full membership. at that time, the program had an unduplicated enrollment of 252 students. in 1937, the aaspsw granted the university full accreditation of its social work program retroactively to 1934. in 1938, the university of pittsburgh created the school of applied social sciences as the university’s 18th separate school. (currently the university is divided into 13 colleges and schools after a number of consolidations.) wilbur i. newstetter became the new school’s first dean in 1938 and served until 1962. historically, the social work program has had several designations: division of social work (1918-1922); division of social work in the department of sociology (1931-1938); school of applied social sciences (1938-1947); school of social work (1947—1957); graduate school of social work (1957-1971); and the school of social work (1971 to the present). for the remainder of this article, the social work program will be referred to as “the school.”
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