Background
Clellan, Catharine Mc was born on March 1, 1921 in York, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of William Smith and Josephine (Niles) McClellan.
Clellan, Catharine Mc was born on March 1, 1921 in York, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of William Smith and Josephine (Niles) McClellan.
Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude in Classical Archaeology, Bryn Mawr College, 1942; Doctor of Philosophy (Anthropology fellow), University of California at Berkeley, 1950.
Visiting assistant professor, U. Missouri at Columbia, 1952; assistant professor anthropology, U. Washington, Seattle, 1952-1956; anthropological consultant, United States Public Health Service, Arctic Health Research Center, Alaska., 1956; assistant professor anthropology, department chairman anthropology, Barnard College, Columbia University, 1956-1961; associate professor anthropology, University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1961-1965; professor, University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1965-1983; professor emeritus, University of Wisconsin at Madison, since 1983; John Bascom professor, University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1973. Visiting lecturer Bryn Mawr (Pennsylvania) College, 1954. Visiting professor U. Alaska, 1973, 87.
Served to lieutenant Walking Attack Vehicle Enhanced, 1942-1946. Fellow American Anthropological Association, Royal Anthropological Institute Great Britain and Ireland, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Arctic Institute North America. Member American Ethnological Society (secretary-treasurer 1958-1959, vice president 1964, president 1965), Kroeber Anthropological Society, American Folklore Society, American Society Ethnohistory (executive committee 1968-1971), Sigma Xi.
Married John Thayer Hitchcock, June 6, 1974.