Background
Pugh, Marion Stirling was born on May 12, 1911 in Middletown, New York, United States. Daughter of Louis and Lena May (Randall) Illig.
Pugh, Marion Stirling was born on May 12, 1911 in Middletown, New York, United States. Daughter of Louis and Lena May (Randall) Illig.
Bachelor of Science, Rider College, 1930. Postgraduate, George Washington University, 1933.
Office secretary Bureau American Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1931-1933. Archaeologist with Matthew W. Stirling, Florida, 1934-1938. Archaeologist, archaeological expedition to Mexico Smithsonian Institution-National Geography Society, 1939-1946, archaeological expedition to Panama, 1948-1953, archaeological expedition to Ecuador, 1957, archaeological expedition to Costa Rica, 1962.
Trustee The Textile Museum, Washington, 1968-1997, emerita, 1998-2000, president, 1984-1987. Fellow American Anthropological Association (General Division Anthropology). Member American Ethnological Society, Society Latin American Anthropology, Washington Anthropological Society, Washington Academy of Sciences, Society Woman Geographers (president 1960-1963, 69-72, member executive council 1954-1974, Gold medal 1975).
Married Matthew Williams Stirling, December 11, 1933 (deceased 1975). Children: Matthew Williams (deceased), Ariana Stirling Withers. Married John Ramsey Pugh, August 7, 1977 (deceased March 1994).