Background
Spicer, Edward Holland was born on November 29, 1906 in Cheltenham, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Robert Barclay and Margaret Lucretia (Jones) Spicer.
Spicer, Edward Holland was born on November 29, 1906 in Cheltenham, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Robert Barclay and Margaret Lucretia (Jones) Spicer.
Student, U. Delaware
Instructor anthropology Dillard University, New Orleans, 1938-1939. Instructor anthropology U. Arizona, Tucson, 1939-1941, associate professor, 1946-1950, professor, 1950-1978, professor emeritus, from 1978. Head, community analysis section War Relocation Authority, Washington, 1943-1946.
Visiting professor anthropology Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1947-1950, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1958.
Director Pascua Yaqui Development Project Office of Economic Opportunity, Tucson, 1966-1969. Consultant Stanford Research Institute, 1954, United States Bureau Indian Affairs, 1967-1969, Office Education, 1967-1970, Weatherhead Foundation, 1969-1970.
Member Arizona Commission Civil Rights, 1961-1962, Arizona Commission Indian Affairs, 1964-1966.
Fellow American Anthropological Association (president 1974), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society Applied Anthropology (Malinowski award 1976). Member American Philosophical Society, National Academy Sciences.
Married Rosamond Pendleton Brown, June 21, 1936. Children: Robert Barclay, Margaret Pendleton, Lawson Alan.