Background
Mckennan, Robert Addison was born on December 20, 1903 in Helena, Montana, United States. Son of Samuel and Edith (Addison) Mckennan.
Mckennan, Robert Addison was born on December 20, 1903 in Helena, Montana, United States. Son of Samuel and Edith (Addison) Mckennan.
Student Mercersburg (Pennsylvania) Academy. Bachelor of Arts, Dartmouth, 1925, Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard, 1933.
Instructor sociology Dartmouth, 1930-1934, assistant professor, 1934-1938, professor, 1938-1954, department chairman, 1937-1941, chairman division social science, 1947-1951, professor anthropology, 1954-1969, professor emeritus, research professor anthropology, 1969-1982, department chairman sociology and anthropology, 1957-1958, director Northern Studies Program, 1953-1958. Anthropological field work, Arizona, 1929, Alaska, 1929-1930, 33, Canadian Arctic, 1958, Alaska, 1962, 66, 67, 69, 70, 71, 72.
Served lieutenant colonel Air Corps, Army of the United States, World World War World World War World War II Member American Anthropological Association, Arctic Institute North.A., Society for American Archaelogy, Canadian Archaeological Association, Current Anthropology Associate, Phi Beta Kappa, Psi Upsilon, Casque and Gauntlet.
Married Catherine Laycock, December 20, 1928.