Peter Atteslander

Peter Atteslander (17 March 1926 – 15 January 2016) was a Swiss sociologist. His research fields are industrial sociology, urban sociology, medical sociology and research methods. A recognized expert on the interaction between health and society, he has also worked as a consultant of the tobacco industry.

Atteslander was born in Ennenda. He earned the doctorate in 1952 at the University of Zurich. Until 1954, he was a visiting fellow at the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations. In 1960, he earned the Habilitation in Bern, and served as ''professeur régulier'' at the Centre d’Études Industrielles at the University of Geneva from 1963 to 1965. He was Professor in Bern from 1964 to 1972, and at the University of Augsburg from 1972 until 1991, when he became Professor Emeritus. Provided by Wikipedia