Arthur Stinchcombe

Arthur Leonard Stinchcombe (1933–2018) was an American sociologist. Stinchcombe was born on May 16, 1933, in Clare County, Michigan, and attended Central Michigan University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics. He then pursued graduate study in sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, earning a doctorate.

Stinchcombe began his teaching career at Johns Hopkins University before returning to Berkeley from 1967 to 1975. He then left for the University of Chicago, followed by a stint at the University of Arizona.

Stinchcombe joined the Northwestern University faculty in 1983 and was named John Evans Professor of Sociology in 1990. He retired in 1995. Stinchcombe died on July 3, 2018.