Background
Meggers, Betty Jane was born on December 5, 1921 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Daughter of William Frederick and Edith (Raddant) Meggers.
Meggers, Betty Jane was born on December 5, 1921 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Daughter of William Frederick and Edith (Raddant) Meggers.
Bachelor of Arts Pennsylvania, 1943. Master of Arts, University Michigan, 1944. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1952.
Doctor (honorary), University de Guayaquil, Ecuador, 1987. Doctor (honorary), University Federal Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1994. Doctor (honorary), University National La Plata, Argentina, 1997.
Doctor (honorary), University Católica de Goiás, Brazil, 1999. Doctor (honorary), University Federal do Parana, Brazil, 2006. Doctor (honorary), University Federal Rondonia, Brazil, 2007.
Instructor anthropology, American U., Washington, 1950-1951; research associate, Smithsonian Institution, since 1954; expert, Smithsonian Institution, since 1981; founder, president, Taraxacum Inc., since 1977. Honorary professor of University de Azuay, Ecuador, 1991.
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Fellow: American Association for the Advancement of Science, Association Tropical Biology (honorary. Councilor 1976-1978, president-elect 1982, president 1983). Member: Ecological Society of America, New England Antiquities Research Association, Academia Nacional Historia Ecuador (correspondent), American Anthropological Association (executive secretary 1959-1961), Museo Antropológico de la Cultura Andina (honorary), Society of America Archaeology (executive board 1962-1964), American Ethnological Society, Anthropological Society Washington (treasurer 1955-1960, vice president 1965-1966, president 1966-1968), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Clifford Evans, September 13, 1946.