Lipset received a doctorate in sociology from [[Columbia University]] in 1949. He was the Caroline S.G. Munro Professor of Political Science and Sociology at [[Stanford University]] (1975–1990) and the George D. Markham Professor of Government and Sociology at Harvard University. He also taught at Columbia University, the University of California, Berkeley, and George Mason University, and had an appointment at the Hoover Institution. | Lipset received a doctorate in sociology from [[Columbia University]] in 1949. He was the Caroline S.G. Munro Professor of Political Science and Sociology at [[Stanford University]] (1975–1990) and the George D. Markham Professor of Government and Sociology at Harvard University. He also taught at Columbia University, the University of California, Berkeley, and George Mason University, and had an appointment at the Hoover Institution. |