Alan Merriam

Background

Merriam, Alan was born on November 1, 1923 in Missoula, Montana, United States. Son of Harold Guy and Doris (Foote) Merriam.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Montana State University, 1947. M. Music, Northwestern University, 1948, Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology, 1951.

Career

September 1974); children—Virginia Claire, Paige Alison, Cynthia Williams. Married second, Valerie Ann Christian, May 6, 1977. Instructor anthropology Northwestern University, 1953-1954, assistant professor, 1956-1958, associate professor, 1958-1962.

Assistant professor sociology and anthropology University of Wisconsin -Milwaukee, 1954-1956.

Assistant professor anthropology and American studies University of Minnesota, summer 1957. Professor anthropology Indiana University, 1962-1980, department chairman, 1966-1969, associate chairman, 1978-1980.

Distinguished visiting professor U. Montana, summer 1965. Visiting scholar University of California at Los Angeles, 1978.

Field research in Western Montana, Belgian Congo, Ruanda Urundi, Republic of Zaire.

Achievements

• Alan Merriam has been listed as a noteworthy educator. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of committee human resources in Central Africa, National Research Council, 1958. Member President's Task Force for Africa, 1960. Member joint committee African studies Social Science.

Served with United States Army Air Force, 1942-1945.

Grantee Montana State University Music Foundation, 1950, Graduate School Northwestern University, 1958, Belgian American Ednl. Foundation and Wenner Gren Foundation Anthropological Research, 1951-1952, National Science Foundation-Belgian American Ednl.

Foundation, 1959-1960, African Studies Program, Indiana U. and joint African studies committee Social Science Research Council-American Council Learned Societies, 1973. Fellow American Anthropological Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Member American Folklore Society (councilor 1956-1958, review editor journal 1957-1958), International Folk Music Council (correspondent 1956-1960), Society Ethnomusicology (co-founder 1952.

Connections

Married Barbara Anne Williams, August 29, 1947 (divorced September 1974). Married second, Valerie Ann Christian, May 6, 1977. Children: Virginia Claire, Paige Alison, Cynthia Williams.

Father:

Harold Guy Merriam

Mother:

Doris (Foote) Merriam

Spouse:

Barbara Anne Williams

Spouse:

Valerie Ann Christian

child:

Cynthia Williams Merriam

child:

Virginia Claire Merriam

child:

Paige Alison Merriam