Nancy Oestreich Lurie

Background

Lurie, Nancy Oestreich was born on January 29, 1924 in Milwaukee. Daughter of Carl Ralph and Rayline (Danielson) Oestreich.

Education

Bachelor, University Wisconsin, 1945. Master of Arts, University Chicago, 1947. Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, 1952.

Doctor of Laws, Northland College, 1976.

Career

Instructor University Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1947-1949, 51-53, assistant professor, 1961-1963, professor, 1963-1972, chairman anthropology department, 1967-1970. Curator anthropology Milwaukee Public Museum, since 1972. Lecturer University Michigan, 1956-1961.

Consultant expert witness for attorneys representing tribal clients before United States Indian Claims Commission, 1957-1964. Fulbright lecturer University Aarhus, Denmark, 1965-1966.

Achievements

• Nancy Oestreich Lurie has been listed as a noteworthy anthropologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • A special style: The Milwaukee Public Museum, 1882-1982

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Anthropological Association (executive board 1977-1980, president elect 1983, president 1984-1985). Member American Ethnological Society, Society Applied Anthropology, Central States Anthropological Society (president 1967), Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Edward Lurie, 1951 (divorced 1963).

Father:

Carl Ralph Oestreich

Mother:

Rayline (Danielson) Oestreich

Spouse:

Edward Lurie