Harvey Warren Zorbaugh (September 20, 1896 – January 21, 1965) was Professor of Educational Sociology, at New York University.
He married Geraldine Elizabeth Bone on September 7, 1929, and they had two children: a son, Harvey Jr., and a daughter, Harriet.
His classic text, first published in 1929, was The Gold Coast and the Slum, a book based on his PhD thesis completed under the direction of Robert E. Park at the University of Chicago.
"Zorbaugh codified the concept of 'natural areas' in urban sociology...the unplanned, natural products of a city's growth...distinct cultural areas...each with its complex of institutions, customs, beliefs, mores, traditions, attitudes, sentiments, and interests.
He spent the bulk of his career on the faculty of New York University becoming a leading specialist in the social adjustment of gifted children.