Obituaries

Theodore M. Mills, a retired sociology professor who was considered a leader and innovator in the study of small-group sociology, died June 19 at Schofield Residence Nursing Facility. He was 96.

Born in Fairfield, Ind., Mills received a bachelor’s degree from Guilford College in 1941, a master’s degree in sociology from Haverford College in 1942 and a PhD from Harvard University in 1952.

He was on the faculties of Harvard, Yale University and UB, where he served as chair of the sociology department from 1968 until 1972. He retired from UB in 1985.

He was a fellow at the Center for the Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University from 1964-65 and spent two years at the University of Oslo.

As a conscientious objector during World War II and later as a Quaker, he worked to further human rights and peace through a philosophy of nonviolence.