Background
Hewes, Gordon Winant was born on October 29, 1917 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Charles Edward and Anita Melgrave (Winant) Hewes.
Hewes, Gordon Winant was born on October 29, 1917 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Charles Edward and Anita Melgrave (Winant) Hewes.
Bachelor, University California-Berkeley, 1938. Doctor of Philosophy, University California-Berkeley, 1947.
Geographer Office of Strategic Services, Washington, 1942—1945. Assistant professor anthropology University North Dakota, Grand Forks, 1946—1949, University Southern California, Los Angeles, 1949—1951. From assistant professor to professor University Colorado, Boulder, since 1951.
Served to corporal United States Army, 1945.
Fellow: American Association for the Advancement of Science, Association American Geographers, Royal Anthropol. Institute United Kingdom, American Anthropol. Association; member: Language Origins Society, International Society for Comparative Study of Civilizations, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Minna Winestine Hewes, December 31, 1939.