Background
Kolb, Charles Chester was born on September 4, 1940 in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Christian and Edna Lucille (Church) Kolb.
Kolb, Charles Chester was born on September 4, 1940 in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Christian and Edna Lucille (Church) Kolb.
Bachelor in History, Pennsylvania State University, 1962. Doctor of Philosophy in Archaeology and Anthropology, Pennsylvania State University, 1979.
Instructor anthropology Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1966-1969, Bryn Mawr (Pennsylvania) College, 1969-1973. From instructor to assistant professor anthropology Pennsylvania State University, Erie, 1973-1984. Director research and grants Mercyhurst College, 1984-1989, assistant director Hammermill Library., 1989.
Humanities administrator program officer division state programs National Endowment of the Humanities, Washington, 1989-1991, program officer division preservation and access, 1991-1996, senior program officer, since 1997, Recovering Iraq's Past Initiative, since 2003, Rediscovering Afghanistan Initiative, since 2004. Manuscript reviewer Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 1977—1989, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1979—1985, William C. Brown, Publications, 1982—1985, University Texas Press, since 1988, University Utah Press, since 1991, University Press Florida, since 1994, AltaMira Press/Sage, since 1995, University Pennsylvania Museum Applied Science Center Archaeology, since 1996, Dover Public, since 1996, University Press Colorado, since 2003, Centro de Estudios Arqueológicos el Colegio de Michoacán, Mexico, since 2004, University Arizona Press, since 2005. Grant proposal reviewer National Endowment of the Humanities, 1981—1989, National Science Foundation, since 1982, Wenner-Gren Foundation Anthropol.
Research, 1987—1989, Social Science Humanities Research Council Canada, Canada, since 2003, Canada Foundation Innovation, since 2004, National Geography Society Research, Conservation and Exploration Grants, since 2005. Co-founder, annual symposium co-organizer Ceramic Studies Interest Group, since 1986.
Member Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Governor's Conference Libraries and Information Systems, 1989. Fellow: American Association for the Advancement of Science (Panelist Science Journalism awards since 2003), American Anthropological Association, Royal Anthropological Institute Great Britain and Ireland. Member: American Library Association, Association Asian Studies, Society Southwest Archivists, Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference Archivists, Association Recorded Sound Collections, Society Clay Pipe Research, American Institute Afghanistan Studies, Central Eurasian Studies Society, Naval History Foundation, Association Moving Image Archivists, Paleopathology Association, New York State Archeological Association, Society Pennsylvania Archeology, Register Professional Archeologists, Society of America Archivists, Society History Archeology, Society of America Archeology, Prehistoric Ceramic Research Group, Society Archeological Sciences (life.
Associate editor Archeological Ceramics Bulletin since 1997, board directors since 1998), Pearl Harbor History Associates (life), Materials Research Society, Council Museum Anthropology, Association Field Archaeology, Archeological Institute American, American Society Ethnohistory, American Ethnological Society, American Chemical Society, American Ceramic Society, Internet 2: Archaeology Special Interest Group, United States Naval Institute (life), Sigma Xi, Pi Gamma Mu, Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Kappa Delta.
Married Joy Bilharz, June 3, 1972 (divorced March 1991). 1 child, Nancy Gwenyth. Married P. Jean Drew, July 20, 1991.
1 child, Catherine Claire Fraley.