Background
Helms-VanStone, Mary Wallace was born on April 15, 1938 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States.
Helms-VanStone, Mary Wallace was born on April 15, 1938 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States.
Bachelor, Pennsylvania State University, State College, 1960; Master of Arts, University of Michigan, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Michigan, 1967.
Instructor Wayne State University, Detroit, 1965-1967. Assistant professor Syracuse (New York ) University, 1967-1968. Lecturer Northwestern University, Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, 1969-1979.
Professor University North Carolina, Greensboro, 1979—2004, professor emerita, since 2004, head department anthropology Greensboro, 1979-1985.
Fellow: American Anthropological Association. Member: Medieval Academy American, Southern Anthropological Society (president 1980-1981, proceedings editor 1982-1994), American Ethnological Society, American Society Ethnohistory (president 1976).
Daughter of Samuel Leidich and Mary (Wallace) Helms.