David Riesman (born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 22, 1909; died in Binghamton, New York, May 10, 2002), was an United States sociologist, attorney, and educator.

After graduating from Harvard Law School, where he was a member of the Harvard Law Review, Riesman clerked for Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis from 1935-1936.

Riesman's 1950 book, The Lonely Crowd, is a classic of modern sociology. Riesman wrote famously of the 'inner-directed' and outer-directed' personalities.

In 1967 he was quoted as stating "If anything remains more or less unchanged, it will be the role of women."

American lawyers | 1909 births | 2002 deaths

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