Harold Stephen Bucklin (1886-1967) was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. He graduated from Brown University in 1910. While a graduate student at the New York School of Social Work, he was both a resident and Playground Director of the Henry Street Settlement; he earned a Master of Arts degree in 1915. He returned to Brown University as an Instructor in Social Science in 1915; he earned his Ph.D. degree in 1918.
In 1920, he married Hazel D. Hartwell (1898-1962). They had four children (Donald, John, Mary and Ruth). In 1923, while an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Brown University, Harold traveled to Shanghai with his wife, Hazel, and their two-year-old son, Donald, to serve as a Visiting Professor of Sociology at Shanghai College for one year. As part of the program, he directed a social settlement center and helped college students conduct a survey of a Chinese village.
Harold Stephen Bucklin (1886-1967) was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. He graduated from Brown University in 1910. While a graduate student at the New York School of Social Work, he was both a resident and Playground Director of the Henry Street Settlement; he earned a Master of Arts degree in 1915. He returned to Brown University as an Instructor in Social Science in 1915; he earned his Ph.D. degree in 1918.
In 1920, he married Hazel D. Hartwell (1898-1962). They had four children (Donald, John, Mary and Ruth). In 1923, while an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Brown University, Harold traveled to Shanghai with his wife, Hazel, and their two-year-old son, Donald, to serve as a Visiting Professor of Sociology at Shanghai College for one year. As part of the program, he directed a social settlement center and helped college students conduct a survey of a Chinese village.
