Background
Holmberg, Allan Richard was born on October 15, 1909 in Renville, Minnesota, United States. Son of Axel Rudolph and Anna Catherine (Carlson) Holmberg.
Holmberg, Allan Richard was born on October 15, 1909 in Renville, Minnesota, United States. Son of Axel Rudolph and Anna Catherine (Carlson) Holmberg.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Minnesota, 1935. Student of University Chicago, 1937-1938. Doctor of Philosophy (Sterling fellow 1945-1946), Yale, 1947.
Fellow Social Science Research Council, 1940-1941. Economics analyst American embassy, Louisiana Paz, Bolivia, 1942. Field technician Rubber Development Corporation, Bolivia, 1942-1945.
Cultural anthropologist Institute Social Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution, 1946-1948.
Assistant professor anthropology Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1948-1951, associate professor, then professor, since 1951, department chairman 1961-1966, director Cornell-Peru Project. Professor anthropology U. San Marcos, Lima, Peru, 1946-1948.
Anthropological field trips to Mexico, Peru, Bolivia.
Fellow Social Science. Fellow American Anthropology Association; member Society Applied Anthropology, Sigma Xi.
Married Laura Mary Hines, May 7, 1945. Children: Anna Katherine, David Hines, Eric Allan.