American Anthropological Association

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American Anthropological Association

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION

Founded 1902.

Official Website:
http://www.aaanet.org/

Founding Date:
1902

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Johnnetta B. Cole Educator 19-Oct-1936 President of Spelman College, 1987-97

Loren Eiseley Anthropologist 3-Sep-1907 9-Jul-1977 The Firmament of Time

Erving Goffman Sociologist 11-Jun-1922 19-Nov-1982 The Presentation of Self

Edward T. Hall Anthropologist 16-May-1914 20-Jul-2009 The Silent Language

Marvin Harris Anthropologist 18-Aug-1927 25-Oct-2001 Anthropological historian

Melville J. Herskovits Anthropologist 10-Sep-1895 25-Feb-1963 The Myth of the Negro Past

Marc Lamont Hill Educator 17-Dec-1978 Beats, Rhymes, and Classroom Life

Jim Yong Kim Administrator 8-Dec-1959 President of the World Bank

Alfred Kroeber Anthropologist 11-Jun-1876 5-Oct-1960 Pioneer in American Anthropology

Ralph Linton Anthropologist 27-Feb-1893 25-Dec-1953 The Study of Man

Margaret Mead Anthropologist 16-Dec-1901 15-Nov-1978 Coming of Age in Samoa

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