Laura Thompson Duker

Background

Duker, Laura Thompson was born on January 23, 1905 in Honolulu. Daughter of William and Maud (Balch) Thompson.

Education

Bachelor, Mills College, 1927; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1933; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Mills College, 1974.

Career

Assistant ethnologist, Bishop Museum, Honolulu, 1929-1934; social scientist, Education Territory Hawaii, Honolulu, 1940-1941; coordinator, Indian Education, Washington, 1946-1954; professor anthropology, City College of New York, 1954-1956; visiting professor anthropology, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1957-1958; visiting professor, North Carolina State College, Raleigh, 1959-1960; distinguished visiting professor, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1961; professor anthropology, University of Southern Illinois, Carbondale, Illinois, 1961-1962; professor anthropology, San Francisco State University, 1962-1963; lecturer, City College of New York, Brooklyn, 1964. Consultant United States Naval Government Guam, 1938-1940, United States Office of Indian Affairs, Washington, 1942-1944, Hutterite Socialization Project, Pennsylvania State University, 1962-1965. Representative National Indian Institute, Mexico, 1942, advisor plicy board, Washington, 1946-1954.

Achievements

• Laura Thompson Duker has been listed as a noteworthy anthropologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Association of University Women, Society for Applied Anthropology (founder).

Connections

Married John Collier, 1943 (divorced). Married Sam Duker, 1963.

Father:

William Thompson

Mother:

Maud (Balch) Thompson

Spouse:

Sam Duker

Spouse:

John Collier