Raoul S. Naroll

Raoul S. Naroll
Personal details
Born	10 September 1920 Toronto, Canada
Died	25 June 1985 Buffalo, New York
Nativity	Canada
Known for	Cross-cultural anthropologist; HRAF methods
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
Arm / service	Finance Department
ASN	0569540
Rank	First Lieutenant
Camp Ritchie	Class 26 (3 January – 3 March 1945)
Section	5B
Specialty	Military intelligence; POW interrogation
Team	MII 534-G

Teammates

Team — MII 534-G

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Raoul S. Naroll (10 September 1920 – 25 June 1985) was a Canadian-born U.S. Army intelligence officer (Camp Ritchie Class 26) who became a leading methodologist in cross-cultural anthropology.

Biography

Raoul Naroll was born in Toronto on 10 September 1920 and grew up in Los Angeles. After three years at UCLA he enlisted in the U.S. Army before Pearl Harbor; he and his wife Frada were in Hawaii on 7 December 1941. By war’s end he was an intelligence officer in Germany interviewing prisoners of war, having trained at Camp Ritchie (Class 26; MII 534-G).

He returned to UCLA, completed a Ph.D. in history in 1953, then shifted into anthropology. He worked for the Human Relations Area Files, taught at California State University, Northridge and Northwestern, and from 1966 was at SUNY Buffalo (Distinguished Professor, 1979), serving as HRAF president (1973–1981). His books—including Data Quality Control and The Moral Order—shaped comparative method and deterrence research. He died of colon cancer in Buffalo on 25 June 1985.

Research notes

• Import demographics showed birth year 1917; Guggenheim-style secondary bio and Otterbein memoir use 1920 (10 September).

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Technical record

Field	Imported value
Approx Age at Death	68
Class_ASN	569540
Class_Name	NAROLL, Raoul S.
match_method	asn_exact_name_exact
row_source	both

Timeline

• 10 September 1920 — Born in Toronto; raised in Los Angeles.
• 1941 — Married Frada Kaufman; at Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941.
• Mid-1940s — Camp Ritchie Class 26; intelligence / POW interrogation in Germany.
• 1953 — Ph.D., UCLA (history).
• 1955–1962 — HRAF research associate; teaches at CSU Northridge.
• 1962–1966 — Northwestern University.
• 1966–1985 — SUNY Buffalo; HRAF president 1973–1981; Distinguished Professor 1979.
• 25 June 1985 — Died in Buffalo, New York.

Sources

• iResearchNet Anthropology — Raoul Naroll
• Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
• Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records
• NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)