Background
Giles, Eugene was born on June 30, 1933 in Salt Lake City. Son of George Eugene and Eleanor (Clark) Giles.
Giles, Eugene was born on June 30, 1933 in Salt Lake City. Son of George Eugene and Eleanor (Clark) Giles.
AB, Harvard University, 1955; AM, Harvard University, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1966; Master of Arts, University of California, Berkeley, 1956.
Instructor in anthropology, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1964-1966; associate professor, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1970-1973; professor, University of Illinois, Urbana, since 1973; head department anthropology, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1975-1980, 82-83, 93-94; assistant professor, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1966-1970; associate dean Graduate College, University of Illinois, 1986-1989; associate dean Liberal Arts and Sciences College, University of Illinois, since 1995.
Served with United States Army, 1956-1958. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Forensic Sciences (T. Dale Stewart award 2004). Member American Association Physical Anthropologists (executive committee 1973-1976, vice president 1979-1980, president 1981-1983, Charles R. Darwin Lifetime Achievement award 2005), Human Biology Association (executive committee 1974-1977), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Inga Valborg Wikman, September 9, 1964. Children: Eric George, Edward Eugene.