Background
Thompson, Raymond Harris was born on May 10, 1924 in Portland, Maine, United States. Son of Raymond and Eloise (MacIntyre) Thompson.
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Complete issue : American Antiquity, Volume XXIII, Number 4, Part 2, April 1958. The Memoirs of the Society for American Archaeology, Number Fifteen. The title is: Modern Yucatecan Maya Pottery Making by Raymond H. Thompson. Published by The Society for American Archaelogy. 48 figures and text extensively covering the subject. 157 pages. University of Utah Press.
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Thompson, Raymond Harris was born on May 10, 1924 in Portland, Maine, United States. Son of Raymond and Eloise (MacIntyre) Thompson.
Bachelor of Science, Tufts University, 1947. A.M., Harvard University, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1955.
Fellow division history research Carnegie Institution, Washington, 1950-1952. Assistant professor anthropology, curator Museum Anthropology, University Kentucky, 1952-1956. Faculty University Arizona, 1956-1997, professor anthropology, since 1964, Riecker Distinguished professor, 1980-1997, head department, 1964-1980.
Emeritus, 1997; director Arizona State Museum, 1964-1997. Emeritus, 1997
Member advisory panel program in anthropology National Science Foundation, 1963-1964, member museum collections program, 1983-1985. Member National Science Foundation graduate fellowship panel National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council, 1964-1966.
Member research in nursing in patient care review committee United States Public Health Service, 1967-1969. Committee on social science commission education in agriculture and natural resources National Academy of Sciences, 1968-1969. Member anthropology committee examiners Graduate Record Examination, 1967-1970, chairman, 1969-1970.
Member committee recovery archaeological remains, 1972-1977, chairman, 1973-1977. Collaborator National Park Service, 1972-1976. Member Arizona History Advisory Commission, 1966-1997, chairman, 1971-1974, chairman history sites review committee, 1971-1983.
Member editorial board Science, 1972-1977. Chairman Arizona Humanities Council, 1973-1977, member, 1979-1985. Advisory board Arizona History Recors, 1976-1984.
Member research review panel for archaeology National Endowment of the Humanities, 1976-1977, member review panel museum, 1978, Arizona Archaeology Advisory Commission, 1985-1997. Consultant task force on archaeology Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 1978. Editorial advisor, Journal of the Southwest.
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Trustee Museum Northern Arizona, 1969-1984, 86-90. Board directors Tucson Art Museum, 1974-1977. Consultant National Museum Act Council, 1984-1986.
Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1945, PTO. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (chairman section H 1977-1978), Tree-Ring Society, American Anthropological Association (Distinguished Service award 1980). Member Society of America Archaeology (editor 1958-1962, executive committee 1963-1964, president 1976-1977, distinguished service award 1998), American Society Conservation Archaeology (Conservation award 1980), Seminario de Cultura Maya, American Association Museums (accreditation visiting committee 1972, 82-90, consultant museum assessment program 1983-1989, repatriation task force 1987, steering committee museum data collection program 1988-1993), International Council Museums (associate), Council Museum Anthropology (director 1978-1979, president 1980-1983), Association Science Museum Directors (secretary-treasurer 1978-1980), Arizona Academy of Sciences, Arizona Archaeol. and History Society (Byron Cummings award 1993), Museum Association Arizona (president 1983, 84), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Molly Kendall, September 9, 1948. Children: Margaret Kelsey Luchetta, Mary Frances.