John Milton M. Roberts

Background

Roberts, John Milton was born on December 8, 1916 in Omaha. Son of John Milton and Ruth (Kohler) Roberts.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Nebraska, 1937;student, University Chicago, 1937-1939;Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1947.

Career

Assistant professor anthropology, University of Minnesota, 1947-1948;Assistant professor anthropology, Harvard University, 1948-1953;associate professor, then professor, U. Nebraska, 1953-1958;professor, Cornell Univercity, 1958-1971;Andrew W. Mellon professor anthropology, U. Pittsburgh, 1971-1987;professor emeritus, U. Pittsburgh, 1987-1990. Professor comparative cultures Naval War College, 1969-1970. Commision on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education-National Research Council.

Membership

Served as officer Army of the United States, 1942-1945. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member National Academy of Sciences, American Anthropological Association, American Ethnological Society (past president), American Sociological Association, American Psychological Association, Linguistic Society of America, Royal Anthropological Institute, Society of America Archaeology, Northeastern Anthropological Association (past president), Society Cross-Cultural Research (past president), Anthropological Association Study of Play (past president), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Marie Louise Kotouc, May 22, 1941. Children: Tania, Andrea. Married Joan Marilyn Skutt, October 22, 1961.

Children: James, John.

Father:

John Milton Roberts

Mother:

Ruth (Kohler) Roberts

Spouse:

Marie Louise Kotouc

Spouse:

Joan Marilyn Skutt

child:

Tania Roberts

child:

Andrea Roberts

child:

James Roberts

child:

John Roberts