Background
Cunningham, Clark Edward was born on March 13, 1934 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of John Stephen and Mary Elizabeth (Brown) Cunningham.
Cunningham, Clark Edward was born on March 13, 1934 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of John Stephen and Mary Elizabeth (Brown) Cunningham.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale University, 1957; Bachelor of Letters (Rhodes scholar), U. Oxford, England, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Oxford, England, 1963.
Research associate, vis lecturer anthropology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1963, 65-68;
visiting assistant professor, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1963-1964;
associate professor, University of Illinois, 1968-1972;
professor, University of Illinois, since 1972. Visiting associate professor Chiang Mai U., Thailand, 1968-1970. Project specialist Ford Foundation, Ujung Pandang, Indonesia, 1975-1976.
Consultant World Bank, 1982, 84, 87. Coordinator social science MUCIA/2d Indonesian Higher Education Project, 1987-1991.
Past president board University Illinois Spurlock Museum, 2008—2009. Fellow American Anthropological Association, Koninklijk Institute voor Taal, Land- en Volkenkunde, Royal Anthropological Institute. Member Association Asian Studies.
Married Ritva Aulikki Kokko, June 2, 1969. Children: Nathalie Noëlle, Eric Stephen.