Background
Leclair, Edward Emile was born on September 27, 1922 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Edward East(mile) and Marguerite (Bosquet) LeC.
Leclair, Edward Emile was born on September 27, 1922 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Edward East(mile) and Marguerite (Bosquet) LeC.
Student Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1940-1941. Bachelor of Arts, Clark University, 1948, Master of Arts, 1949, Doctor of Philosophy, 1953. Student Northwestern University,1951-1952.
Assistant professor Norwich University, 1950-1951. Instructor Middlebury College, 1952-1955. Assistant professor Cornell Univercity, 1955-1958, project field director unvi.
India project, 1955-1956.
Member of faculty Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1958-1969, professor anthropology, department chairman, 1964-1969. Literature editor Albany (New York) Times-Union, 1961-1966.
Director, vice president Roman Catholic Fund for Campers, Incorporated.
Served with United States Army Air Force, 1943-1946. Research Training fellow Social Science Research Council, 1951-1952. Fellow American Anthropological Association.
Member Society Applied Anthropology, American Ethnological Society Company-editor: Economic Anthropology: A Reader in the Theory and Analysis, 1968.
Married Doris Marie Girard, July 20, 1945. Children: David Alan, Robert Richard.