Cynthia Abbott Cone

Background

Cone, Cynthia Abbott was born on August 3, 1934 in St. Paul. Daughter of Earle Richard and Martha Janet (Egloff) Cone.

Education

AB, University of Minnesota, 1956; Master of Arts, University of Minnesota, 1971; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Minnesota, 1976.

Career

Instructor anthropology, Hamline U., St. Paul, 1973-1976; assistant professor, Hamline U., St. Paul, 1976-1981; associate professor, Hamline U., St. Paul, 1982-1987; professor, Hamline U., St. Paul, since 1987; department chairman, Hamline U., St. Paul, since 1982. Consultant ABT Associations, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1979-1981, Minnesota History Society. Director food and values project Kellogg Foundation, St. Paul, 1984-1988.

Achievements

• Cynthia Abbott Cone has been listed as a noteworthy anthropology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors Global Volumes, St. Paul, 1984-1986, Common Profits, Minneapolis, 1985-1987, Community Design Center, Minneapolis, since 1991. Member Minnesota Humanities Commission, 1985-1991. Fellow American Anthropological Association, Society for Values in Higher Education.

Member American Ethnological Society, National Association for Internships and Experiential Education, Current Anthropology (associate).

Interests

• Avocations: wilderness travel, long distance running, African drumming, sewing.

Connections

Married James Robert Kelsey, September 12, 1953 (divorced). Children: Peter Carroll, Richard Andrews, Robin Earle. Married Frank Charles Miller May 20, 1970.

1 child, Emily Cone-Miller.

Father:

Earle Richard Cone

Mother:

Martha Janet (Egloff) Cone

Spouse:

James Robert Kelsey

Spouse:

Frank Charles Miller May 20

child:

Robin Earle Cone

child:

Richard Andrews Cone

child:

Peter Carroll Cone

child:

Emily Cone-Miller Cone