Background
Metraux, Rhoda Anna Elizabeth was born on October 18, 1914 in New York City. Daughter of Karl Frederick Bubendey and Anna-Marie (Kappelmann) Epple.
Metraux, Rhoda Anna Elizabeth was born on October 18, 1914 in New York City. Daughter of Karl Frederick Bubendey and Anna-Marie (Kappelmann) Epple.
Student, Packer Collegiate Institute, Bklyn, 1927-1932; Bachelor, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, 1932-1934; Student, Yale University, New Haven, 1940-1941; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, New York City, 1951.
Apprentice, University of Oxford Press, New York City, 1936-1940;
research assistant, National Research Council, Washington, 1942-1943;
wartime research in Mexico, United States Department Agriculture, Washington, 1943;
planning staff, research, Office of Strategic Services, Washington, 1943-1945;
with, Columbia University Research in Contemporary Cultures, 1948-1953;
assistant director, Columbia University Research in Contemporary Cultures, 1952-1953;
director, Anthropological Expedition, Montserrat, BWI, 1953-1954;
research fellow, Studies in Human Ecology Cornell Univercity Medical College, New York City, 1954-1957;
director, Image of the Scientist American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York City, 1959. Associate director Studies in Allopsychic Orientation at American Museum National History, 1960-1965. Project director Cultural Structure of Perceptual Communication (National Science Foundation) Museum National History, 1965-1969.
Field research Haiti, 1941, 48, Montserrat, 1953-1954, 66, Iatmul people Sepik River Papua New Guinea, 1967-1968, 71-71, 72-73, 79. Research associate department anthropology American Museum Natural History.
Married Arthur B. Proctor III, August 24, 1934 (deceased 1935). Married Alfred Metraux, February 4, 1941 (deceased 1963). 1 child, Danial Alfred.
1 stepson, Eric.