Background
SPOEHR, Alexander was born on August 23, 1913 in Tucson, Arizona, United States. Son of Herman A. and Florence M. Spoehr.
SPOEHR, Alexander was born on August 23, 1913 in Tucson, Arizona, United States. Son of Herman A. and Florence M. Spoehr.
Bachelor of Arts Chicago, 1934. Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1940. Honorary Doctor of Science, University Hawaii, 1952.
From assistant curator to curator Field Museum, Chicago, 1940-1953. Director Bishop Museum, Honolulu, 1953-1962. Professor Yale University, New Haven, 1953-1962.
Chancellor East-West Center, Honolulu, 1962-1963. Professor anthropology University Pittsburgh, 1964-1978, professor emeritus, 1978. United States commissioner South Pacific Commission, 1957-1960.
Member Pacific science board National Research Council, Washington, 1955-1961, chairman 1958-1961. North America and Pacific ethnological and archaeological researcher.
Trustee Bishop Museum, 1981-1984. Served to lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1945. Fellow American Anthropol.
Association (president 1965), American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member National Academy of Sciences, Sigma Xi.
Son of Herman Augustus and Florence (Mann) S. Married Anne Dinsdale Harding, August 2, 1941. Children: Alexander Harding, Helene Spoehr Clarke.