Fred Russell Russell Eggan

Background

EGGAN, Fred was born on September 12, 1906 in Seattle, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Alfred J. Eggan and Olive M. Smith.

Education

Bachelor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1927. Master of Arts, University Chicago, 1928. Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1933.

Master of Arts, Oxford University, 1970.

Career

Research associate in Philippine ethnology, University of Chicago, 1934-1935; instructor anthropology, University of Chicago, 1935-1940; assistant professor, University of Chicago, 1940-1942; associate professor, University of Chicago, 1942-1948; professor, University of Chicago, 1948-1974; Harold H. Swift Distinguished Service professor, University of Chicago, 1963-1974; professor emeritus, University of Chicago, 1974; department chairman, University of Chicago, 1948-1952, 61-63; director Philippine studies program, University of Chicago, 1953-1974. Morgan lecturer U. Rochester, 1964. Frazer lecturer Cambridge, 1971.

Vis.fellow All Souls College, University of Oxford, 1970. Visiting professor University of California, SantaCruz, winter 1976. Weatherhead research scholar School American Research, Santa Fe, 1979-1980.

Official United States delegate 8th Pacific Science Congress, Manila, 1953, 9th, Bangkok, 1957, 10th, Honolulu, 1961, 11th, Tokyo, 1966, 13th, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, 1975. Member President's Committee on Scientists and Engineers, 1956-1957. Member board Human Relations Area Files, Inc., 1953-1974.

Research associate Laboratory Anthropology, Santa Fe, from 1964. Advising committee social science National Science Foundation, 1961-1962. Honorary consultant Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu.

Member Commission College Geography, 1965-1967. Councillor Smithsonian Institution, 1966-1978. Member of advisory board Desert Research Institute, U. Nevada.

Board directors Founds. Fund for Research Psychiatry, 1967-1969. Member Pacific Science Board, from1968.

Achievements

• Fred Russell Eggan has been listed as a noteworthy anthropology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • The kinship system and social organization of the western Pueblos with special reference to the Hopi Indians
  • Social Anthropology of North American Tribes. Second, Enlarged Edition. Cloth
  • Social Organization of the Western Pueblos by Fred Eggan (1973-11-30)
  • Social Organization of the Western Pueblos
  • Social organization of the western pueblos

Membership

Trustee Museum of American Indian, Heye Foundation, 1981-1990. Served as captain Army of the United States, 1943. Director Civil Affairs Training School for Far East, University Chicago, 1943-1945.

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Royal Anthropological Institute (honorary), British Academy (correspondent), Human Relations Area Files (honorary). Member National Academy of Sciences (member committee on science public policy 1965-1967, member council 1967-1970), Association Asian Studies (director 1966-1968), American Anthropological Association (president 1953, Memoirs editor 1960-1964, Distinguished Service award 1990), American Philosophical Society (council 1983-1991), American Academy Arts and Sciences (council 1981-1983), American Ethnological Society, National Research Council (chairman committee Asian anthropology 1952-1953), Social Science Research Council (chairman board 1953-1956), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Tau Kappa Epsilon. Clubs: Quadrangle.

Interests

• Travel, photography.

Connections

Married Dorothy Way, August 9, 1938 (deceased 1965). Married Joan Rosenfels, June 29, 1969.

Father:

Alfred Julius Eggan

Mother:

Olive M. (Smith) Eggan

Spouse:

Joan Rosenfels

Spouse:

Dorothy Way