Background
Roberts, Frank Harold Hanna was born on August 11, 1897 in Centerburg, Ohio, United States. Son of Frank Hunt Hurd and Lou Ella (Hanna) Roberts.
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Frank Harold Hanna Roberts
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Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Denver, 1919, Master of Arts, 1921, Doctor of Laws, 1962. Master of Arts, Harvard, 1926, Doctor of Philosophy, 1927. Doctor of Laws, University New Mexico, 1957, U. Colorado, 1959.
Career
Instructor U. Denver, 1921-1924. Assistant curator archeology Colorado State Museum, Denver, 1923-1924. Assistant anthropology Harvard, 1925-1926.
Archeologist Bureau American Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution, 1926-1944, assistant chief 1944-1946, associate chief, 1946, associate director, 1947-1958, director, 1958-1964, research associate, since 1964.
Collaborator National Park Service, since 1962. Director River Basin Archeological Surveys, 1946-1964.
Conducted field work in archeology, United States, Canada, Mexico.
Achievements
Membership
Served with United States Army, World War I. Member American Anthropology Association (Vice-President 1944), Society for American Archeology (president 1950), American Association for the Advancement of Science (vice president 1952), Anthropology
Society Washington (president 1936-1937), Washington Academy Sciences (president 1949), American Geography Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Beta Theta Pi. Club: Cosmos. City editor Las Vegas (New Mexico) Daily Optic, 1919-1920.
Connections
Married Linda Butchart May 6, 1927.
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February 23, 1966 (aged 68) -
Nationality
American
Awards
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Awarded Viking Fund medal, 1951. United States representative International Congress Archeologists, Cairo, 1937, International Commission Historic Monuments, 1939.Awarded Viking Fund medal, 1951. United States representative International Congress Archeologists, Cairo, 1937, International Commission Historic Monuments, 1939.