Background
GRIFFIN, James was born on January 12, 1905 in Atchison, Kansas, United States. Son of Charles Bennett and Maude (Bost"wick) Griffin.
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James Bennett GRIFFIN
Edit Profileanthropologist and archaeologist
Education
University of Chicago und Michigan.
Career
Assistant; Director 1946-1975, Senior Research Scientist. Association Professor, of Anthropology, University of Michigan 1945-1949, Professor 1949-1976, Professor Emeritus since 1976, Henry Russel Lecturer 1971-1972. Chairman Department, of Anthropology 1972-1975.
Executive Committee 1962-1976.
President Committee on Anthropology, Pan American Institute of Geography and History 1954-1959. Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Anthropological Association.
Assistant Editor 1936-1946, Association. President 1945-1946; Executive Committee 1945-1946, 1950-1953, President 1951-1952), North.A.S., Sociedad Mexicana de Antropologia.
Secretary American Quarternary Association 1970-1972.
Executive Committee Association of Field Archaeology 1971-1978. Regents Fellow Smithsonian Institute 1984. Honorary Doctorate.S. (Indiana University) 1971.
Viking Fund.
Professional articles
Membership
Permanent Council, Institute Union of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences 1948-1976, member. Society for American Archaeology.
Interests
Connections
Married Ruby Fletcher in 1936.
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Nationality
American