Background
Tax, Sol was born on October 30, 1907 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Morris Paul and Kate (Hanwit) Tax.
(1953 Institute of Social Anthropology Publication Number ...)
1953 Institute of Social Anthropology Publication Number 16 : 230 pages with 6 maps, 19 charts and 85 tables. Original Publication, not a modern reprint. Softbound, very good condition
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Tax, Sol was born on October 30, 1907 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Morris Paul and Kate (Hanwit) Tax.
Bachelor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, 1931; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University Wisconsin, 1969; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1935; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Wilmington College, 1974; Doctor of Science (honorary), University Del Valle De Guatemala, 1974; Doctor of Science (honorary), Beloit College, 1975.
Member, Logan Museum N. Africa Expedition, 1930;
member field party, Laboratory Anthropology Mescalero Apache, 1931;
research among, Fox Indians, 1932-1934;
ethnologist, Carnegie Institution, Washington, 1934-1948;
field research, Indians, Guatemala, 1934-1941;
field research, Chiapas, Mexico, 1942-1946;
visiting professor, National Institute Anthropology and History, Mexico, 1942-1943;
research associate, University of Chicago, 1940-1944;
associate professor, University of Chicago, 1944-1948;
professor, University of Chicago, since 1948;
associate dean division social science, University of Chicago, 1948-1953;
department chairman anthropology, University of Chicago, 1955-1958;
dean university extension, University of Chicago, 1963-1968;
director, Fox Indian Project, 1948-1962;
research associate, Wenner-Gren Foundation Anthropological Research, since 1957. Co-ordinator American Indian Chicago Conference, University of Chicago, 1961, Carnegie Cross-Cultural Education Program, 1962-1967. Member Executive Committee United States National Commission United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1963-1965.
Member committee international relations anthropology National Research Council, 1956-1966, committee international relations behavioral science, since 1966. Special advisory anthropology to secretary Smithsonian Institution, since 1965. Director Center Study Man.
Consultant United States Office Education, since 1965. Member Community Activities andContinuing Education Council Illinois, 1965-1967. Secretary Illinois Museum Board, 1958-1970.
Board directors Council Study Mankind, Executive Committee, since 1965. Board advisory CouncilInternat. Communications, since 1966.
Board directors American Indian Development, Inc. Trustee Native American Ednl. Superior vena cava syndrome College.
(1953 Institute of Social Anthropology Publication Number ...)
(Drawings, maps, photos of writings of Indian tribes of ea...)
(Evolution, History, Science)
(Very slight age wear)
President Hyde Park Community Council, 1952-1953. Fellow American Anthropological Association (president 1958-1959, Distinguished Service award 1977), American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Folklore Society, Society Applied Anthropology (Bronislaw Malinowski award 1977). Honorary member Slovakian Anthropological Society, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Royal Anthropological Institute Great Britain, Hungarian Anthropological Institute, Chilean Anthropological Institute.
Member Mexican Anthropological Society, National Research Council, International Union Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (president 1968-1973), Sigma Xi. Clubs: Quadrangle.
Married Gertrude Jospe Katz, July 4, 1933. Children: Susan Margaret, Marianna.