Background
Cattell, Maria Gleaton was born on August 15, 1934 in New York City. Daughter of Munsey Sinclair and Anna Morgan (Scofield) Gleaton.
Anthropologist and gerontology researcher
Cattell, Maria Gleaton was born on August 15, 1934 in New York City. Daughter of Munsey Sinclair and Anna Morgan (Scofield) Gleaton.
Bachelor in English Literature with honors, Swarthmore College, 1956; Master of Arts in Anthropology, Bryn Mawr College, 1982; Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology, Bryn Mawr College, 1989.
Office manager and research associate, Product Systems International, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1979-1982;
visiting instructor anthropology, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1987-1988;
lecturer sociology, Lebanon Valley College, Annville, Pennsylvania, 1989;
research anthropologist, Philadelphia Geriatric Center, 1989-1991;
research associate, Bryn Mawr (Pennsylvania) College, 1991-1995;
research associate, Field Museum of National History, since 1994. Consultant and survey researcher department social work Holy Family Hospital, Nangina, Kenya, 1985. Visiting fellow U. Natal, South Africa, 1995.
Adjunct instructor Millersville U., since 1996.
(Book by Albert, Steven M., Cattell, Maria G.)
Member and chair senior citizen committee Greater Olney Community Council, Philadelphia, 1990-1994. Board directors, vice president, newsletter editor Lancaster Environmental Action Federation, 1972-1979. Member sewer and water advisory committee Lancaster County Planning Commission, 1974-1981.
Committee member Delaware Nature Society, Hockessin, since 1992. Member Society for Psychological Anthropology, Society for Humanistic Anthropology, Society for Cross-Cultural Research, Society for Applied Anthropology, Royal Anthropol. Institute, Gerontological Society of America, African Studies Association, American Anthropol.
Association (contributing editor newsletter since 1994), American Ethnological Society, African Gerontological Society (United States representative since 1992), Association for Africanist Anthropology (interim organizing committee 1990-1991, membership chair 1991-1993), Association for Anthropology and Gerontology (treasurer 1991-1995, correspondent secretary 1990-1991, president-elect 1995-1996), Sigma Xi.
Married Hudson Cattell, December 24, 1955 (divorced October 1976). Children: Kharran Ann, David Alexander, Kevin Robert, Charles Hudson. Married Robert Adams Moss, April 23, 1983 (deceased July 1995).