Background
She was born February 9, 1933, in Deer Park, Washington and after her mother"s death was raised by relatives in Portland.
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Gail Kelly
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She attended Reed as an undergraduate, studying under Morris Opler and David H. French, graduating in 1955.
Career
Her Bachelor of Arts thesis, Themes in Wasco Culture, was based on fieldwork on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation under French"s supervision. She pursued a Doctor of Philosophy in anthropology at the University of Chicago, where she was strongly influenced by Edward Shils and Fred Eggan. She completed an Master of Arts thesis on Northwest Coast Indians under Eggan and then shifted to a focus on Africa and on British social anthropology.
She did fieldwork in Ghana and Britain beginning in 1958 and received her Doctor of Philosophy in 1959.
She taught at Reed from 1960 until her retirement in 2000. Although she did not remain an active fieldworker or continue to publish, she trained approximately 50 students who went on to pursue Doctor of Philosophy.s in anthropology.
She died August 17, 2005, in Portland.
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