Alonzo William Pond

Background

Pond, Alonzo William was born on June 18, 1894 in Janesville, Wisconsin, United States. Son of William Samuel and Marie (Olson) Pond.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Beloit (Wisconsin) College, 1920; studied, American School in Europe for Prehistoric Research, 1921-1922; studied, Ecole d'Anthropologie, Paris, 1922; Master of Arts, University of Chicago, 1928.

Career

Assistant curator Logan Museum, Beloit College, 1925-1931. Leader of Logan Sahara Expedition of Beloit College, 1925-1926. Associate with Doctor George L. Collie.

Director Logan Museum in excavation at Dordogne, France, 1926. Assistant in charge paleolithic excavations Mechta el Arbi, Algeria, 1926-1927. Archaeologist for Doctor Roy Chapman Andrews on Central Asiatic Expedition of America Museum Natural History, 1928.

Leader 2 Logan Museum Expeditions to Africa, 1929, 30. Director eastern group Rainbow Bridge-Monument Valley Expedition, 1933. Archaeologist National Park Service, June-September 1935, in charge excavation and study of desiccated body of prehistoric miner found in Mammoth Cave Kentucky.

Manager newly discovered Cave of the Mounds, Blue Mounds, Wisconsin, 1940-1945. Owner-manager Wisconsin Gardens, scenic attraction, 1958-1968. Editorial research specialist United States Air Force Arctic Desert Tropic Information Center, also chief desert section.

Professor desert geography Air University, 1949-1958. With French Army and United States Ambulance Service, France, 1917-1919.

Achievements

• Alonzo William Pond has been listed as a noteworthy anthropologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Deserts: Silent Lands of the World

    (Book by Pond, Alonzo William)

  • Deserts: silent lands of the world

    (book)

  • Deserts: Silent Lands of the World
  • Andrews: Gobi explorer,
  • Survival in Sun and Sand
  • Caverns of the world,

Membership

Member Explorers Club, Sigma Xi. Clubs: Raconteurs (Wisconsin).

Connections

Married Dorothy Helen Long, July 20, 1926. Children: Chomingwen Dorothy, Arthur Alonzo.

Father:

William Samuel Pond

Mother:

Marie (Olson) Pond

Spouse:

Dorothy Helen Long

child:

Chomingwen Dorothy Pond

child:

Arthur Alonzo Pond