Background
Murdock, George Peter was born on May 11, 1897 in Meriden, Connecticut, United States. Son of George Bronson and Harriet (Graves) Murdock.
Murdock, George Peter was born on May 11, 1897 in Meriden, Connecticut, United States. Son of George Bronson and Harriet (Graves) Murdock.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1919, Doctor of Philosophy, 1925. Postgraduate Harvard Law School, 1919-1920.
1 son, Robert Douglas. Instructor sociology U. Maryland., 1925-1927. Assistant professor sociology Yale, 1928-1934, associate professor ethnology, 1934-1939, professor anthropology, 1939-1960.
Andrew Mellon professor social anthropology U. Pittsburgh, 1960-1985.
Field work among Indians, British Columbia, summer 1932, Oregon, summers 1934, 35, Truk, 1947. Chairman division behavioral science National Research Council, 1964-1966.
Served as Second lieutenant Field Artillery, United States Army, 1918. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Sociological Society, American Anthropological Association (president 1955). Member American Ethnological Society (president 1952-1953), Society for Applied Anthropology (president 1974), National Academy Sciences, Sigma Xi, Beta Theta Pi.
Clubs: Cosmos (Washington).
Married Carmen Emily Swanson, September 4, 1925.