Renée Fox
Renée Claire Fox | |
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| Born | February 15, 1928 New York City, US |
| Died | September 23, 2020 (aged 92) |
| Education | Whittier College (1946–1947) Smith College (1944–1945, 1947–1949) Harvard University (1949–1954) |
| Organization(s) | American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society, Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Alpha Omega Alpha honor society |
| Title | Chair of the University of Pennsylvania Sociology Department, Annenberg Professor of the Social Sciences, Annenberg Professor Emerita of the Social Sciences, Emerita Senior Fellow of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania |
| Term | 1972–1978 |
| Awards | Radcliffe Graduate School Medal, Leo G. Reeder Award, Lifetime Achievement Award |
Renée Claire Fox (February 15, 1928 – September 23, 2020) was an American sociologist.
She was a summa cum laude graduate of Smith College in 1949, earned her Ph.D. in Sociology in 1954 from Radcliffe College, Harvard University, where she studied in the Department of Social Relations. Renée Fox’s major teaching and research interests – sociology of medicine, medical research, medical education, and medical ethics – involved her in first-hand, participant observation-based studies in Continental Europe (particularly in Belgium), in Central Africa (especially in the Democratic Republic of the Congo), and in the People’s Republic of China, as well as in the United States. She lectured in colleges, universities, and medical schools throughout the United States, and taught in a number of universities abroad.