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Starr, Maurice Kenneth was born on April 28, 1922 in Libertytown, Maryland, United States. Son of Maurice Scott and Nellie Gray (Fisher) Starr.
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Catalogue of Chinese rubbings from Field Museum Volume Fieldiana, Anthropology, new series, no.3
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- Catalogue of Chinese Rubbings from the Field Museum (Fieldiana Anthropology, New Series, No. 3) (Catalogue of Chinese Rubbings from the Field Museum)
Maurice Kenneth Starr
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Maurice Kenneth Starr, museum director. Recipient Vocational Service award Milwaukee Rotary Club, 1982, Administrator award Milwaukee Art Commission, 1988; Sterling junior fellow in anthropology Yale University, 1952, Sterling senior fellow in anthropology, 1953; grantee Wenner-Gren Foundation, 1956, 74, American Council Learned Socs.-Social Science Research Council, Field Museum Natural History, Taiwan, 1960.
Education
Bachelor, Duke University, 1945. Master of Arts, Yale University, 1947. Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1957.
Career
Principal Tsingtao American School, Republic of China, 1947-1949. Graduate assistant Peabody Museum, Yale University, New Haven, 1951-1953. Curator Asiatic archeology and ethnology Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 1953-1970, research associate, since 1970.
Director Milwaukee Public Museum, 1970-1988. Member review panel National Science Foundation, Washington, 1977, program director informal science education, since 1988. Lecturer University Chicago, 1958-1973.
Member advisory council National Museum Act, Washington, 1978-1980, 81-82. Member museum program policy panel National Endowment for Arts, Washington, 1981-1984. Collections panel, 1983-1984, advancement panel, 1985.
Member advisory committee Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation, Wilmington, Delaware, 1982-1985. Member national advisory board Fernbank Museum Natural History, since 1985.
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Catalogue of Chinese rubbings from Field Museum Volume Fieldiana, Anthropology, new series, no.3
(This book was originally published prior to 1923, and rep...)
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Catalogue of Chinese Rubbings from the Field Museum (Fieldiana Anthropology, New Series, No. 3)
(Catalogue of Chinese Rubbings from the Field Museum)
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Catalogue of Chinese rubbings from Field Museum Volume Fieldiana, Anthropology, new series, no.3
Membership
Board directors Riveredge Nature Center, Newburg, Wisconsin, 1972-1978. Fellow Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters (chair fellows selection committee 1988-1990). Member American Association Museum (numerous positions, including member council 1975-1982, member executive committee 1975-1982, vice president 1975-1978, president 1978-1979, 79-80, member accreditation commission, 1982-1988, professional standards and practices committee 1982-1987, ethics task force since 1987, governance task force 1988-1990, chairman drafting committee Museums for a New Century 1981-1984.
Named to Centennial Honor Roll, 2006), Association Science Museum Directors (executive committee 1973-1978, president 1974-1975, 75-76), Association Science-Technology Centers (board directors 1975-1977, chairman research committee 1975), Midwest Museum Conference (chairman finance committee 1976-1977, vice president at large 1976-1977, president 1974-1975, 75-76, Distinguished Service award 1979, honorary life member 1988), Wisconsin Federation of Museum (honorary life 1987), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Betty Jane Leslie, December 23, 1943. Children: Leslie Gray, Maurice Winfield (deceased).
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Nationality
American
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Recipient Vocational Service award Milwaukee Rotary Club, 1982, Administrator award Milwaukee Art Commission, 1988. Sterling junior fellow in anthropology Yale University, 1952, Sterling senior fellow in anthropology, 1953. Grantee Wenner-Gren Foundation, 1956, 74, American Council Learned Socs.-Social Science Research Council, Field Museum Natural History, Taiwan, 1960.Recipient Vocational Service award Milwaukee Rotary Club, 1982, Administrator award Milwaukee Art Commission, 1988. Sterling junior fellow in anthropology Yale University, 1952, Sterling senior fellow in anthropology, 1953. Grantee Wenner-Gren Foundation, 1956, 74, American Council Learned Socs.-Social Science Research Council, Field Museum Natural History, Taiwan, 1960.