Sidney Goldstein

Sidney Goldstein (August 4, 1927 – August 5, 2019) was an American demographer. He was George Hazard Crooker University Professor at Brown University from 1977 to 1993.

Life Sidney Goldstein was born in New London, Connecticut. He attended the University of Connecticut, graduating with high distinction and receiving the senior honors book prize with a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology in 1949. He earned a Master of Arts degree in 1951. Goldstein then completed his doctoral studies at the University of Pennsylvania where he received his PhD in 1953. Outside of Brown, Goldstein served as president of the Population Association of America (1975–76). and in 2011 received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry (from who he had also received the Marshall Sklare Award in 1992).

Research

Goldstein's research has focused on population distribution, urbanization and internal migration, especially in Southeast Asia and China and in relation to Jewish demography. Goldstein died on 5 August 2019, aged 92; he was survived by his wife and three children.