Background
Shimkin, Demitri Boris was born on July 4, 1916 in Omsk, Siberia. Son of Boris Michael and Lydia (Serebrova) Shimkin. came to the United States, 1923.
Shimkin, Demitri Boris was born on July 4, 1916 in Omsk, Siberia. Son of Boris Michael and Lydia (Serebrova) Shimkin. came to the United States, 1923.
Bachelor of Arts, University of California-Berkeley, 1936; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California-Berkeley, 1939.
Johnson scholar, university and research fellow, University of California-Berkeley, 1937-1941;
instructor, National War College, 1946-1947;
instructor, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, 1947-1948;
research associate, Russian Research Center, Harvard, 1948-1953;
social science analyst, then senior research specialist, United States Bureau Census, Washington, 1953-1960;
professor anthropology, geography public health, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1960-1985;
professor emeritus, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1985-1992. Field work in, Wyoming, 1937-1939, 66, 75, Alaska, 1949, Illinois, 1963, 77-82, Mississippi, 1966-1972, 78, 81-83, India, 1978, Tanzania, 1983, 84, 88-89, Israel, 1985, Siberia, 1984. Visiting professor anthropology Harvard University, 1964-1965, summer 1970.
Member National Research Council, 1964-1967, United States national committee International Biological Program, 1965-1969. Member task force environmental health Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1968-1969. Member task force on сivil engineering American Society of Civil Engineers, 1975-1978.
Colonel Army of the United States. Retired; Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Anthropological Association, Society for Applied Anthropology (chairman 1987 program), Royal Anthropological Institute. Member Association American Geographers, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Son of; married Edith Manning, August 19, 1943 (deceased September 1984). Children: Alexander (deceased), Eleanor Shimkin Sorock. Married Tauby Heller, June 16, 1985.