Background
Pate, Frank Donald Son of Frank Donald Pate and Audrey Kay Tockey.
Pate, Frank Donald Son of Frank Donald Pate and Audrey Kay Tockey.
Bachelor, San Diego State University, 1982. Master of Arts, Brown University, Providence, 1984. Doctor of Philosophy, Brown University, Providence, 1989.
Postdoctoral fellow Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1989—1990. Professor Flinders University, since 1990, dean, studies, humanities, 1994—1999, chair, Bachelor board studies, since 2009.
Member expert committee forensic archaeology Australian Federal Police, Canberra, 2003—2009. Ambassador Australian National Science Week, 2004. Research fellow South Australian Museum, Adelaide, 1985—2009.
Executive committee member Unity Foundation Organization, 1997—2000. Member of Society of America Archaeology, Australian Archeological Association (executive committee member 1999—2005, editor 1999—2005, One of Top 5 Leading Australian Researchers 2003), Sigma Xi Science Research Society, Phi Beta Kappa.