Biography
Mauss was born on June 5, 1928, in Salt Lake City, Utah and grew up in California, graduating from Oakland High School in 1946. A lifelong Mormon, he served a full-time, two-year mission as a youth for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in New England, and throughout his life in many other lay ecclesiastical roles. In 1949, he accompanied his family to Japan where his father was sent to preside over the work of the Church in east Asia. In 1954 Mauss graduated from Sophia University of Tokyo, a distinguished Jesuit institution, with a B.A. in History and Asian Studies. While in Japan, he was also inducted into the U.S. Air Force, serving four years in military intelligence. During that period he was married to Ruth E. Hathaway. They eventually became parents of six sons and two daughters. After returning to California, Mauss earned his M. A. degree in 1957 (history, with an emphasis on Asia) and in 1970 his Ph.D. in sociology, both at the University of California, Berkeley.
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