Background
Woodbury, Richard Benjamin was born on May 16, 1917 in West Lafayette, Indiana, United States. Son of Charles Goodrich and Marion (Benjamin) Woodbury.
Woodbury, Richard Benjamin was born on May 16, 1917 in West Lafayette, Indiana, United States. Son of Charles Goodrich and Marion (Benjamin) Woodbury.
Student, Oberlin College, 1934-1936; Bachelor of Science in Anthropology cum laude, Harvard University, 1939; Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1942; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1949; postgraduate, Columbia University, 1939-1940.
Archeological research, Arizona, 1938, 39;
archeological research, Florida, 1940;
archeological research, Guatemala, 1947-1949;
archeological research, El Morro National Monument, New Mexico, 1953-1956;
archeological research, Tehuacan, Mexico, 1964;
archaeologist, United Fruit Company Zaculeu Project, Guatemala, 1947-1950;
associate professor anthropology, U. Kentucky, 1950-1952;
associate professor anthropology, Columbia University, 1952-1958;
research associate professor anthropology interdisciplinary arid lands program, U. Arizona, 1959-1963;
curator archeology and anthropology, United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1963-1969;
acting. head office anthropology, United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1965-1966;
chairman office anthropology, United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1966-1967;
professor, department chairman anthropology, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, 1969-1973;
professor, U. Massachusetts, 1973-1981;
professor emeritus, U. Massachusetts, since 1981;
acting associate provost, dean graduate school, U. Massachusetts, 1973-1974. Member division anthropology and psychology National Research Council, 1954-1957. Board directors Archaeol.
Conservancy, 1979-1984, Valley Health Plan, Amherst, 1981-1984, Mus.of Northern Arizona, 1983-1990. Liason representative for Smithsonian Institution, Committee for Recovery of Archeological Remains, 1965-1969. Associate seminar on ecological systems and cultural evolution Columbia University, 1964-1973.
Member Executive Committee board directors Human Relations Area Files, Incorporated, New York Haven, Connecticut, 1968-1970. Consultant Connecticut History Commission, 1970-1972.
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Member school committee, Shutesbury, Massachusetts, 1979—1982. Chairman finance committee Friends of Amherst Stray Animals (Dakin Animal Shelter), 1983—1985, trustee, from 1991. Member Shutesbury History Commission, 1998—2006, secretary, 1999—2004.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (council representative American Anthropological Association 1961-1963, committee on desert and arid zones research Southwest and Rocky Mountains division 1958-1964, vice-chair 1962-1964, committee arid lands 1969-1974, secretary 1970-1972), American Anthropological Association (executive board 1963-1966, A.V. Kidder award 1989), Archeological Institute American (executive committee 1965-1967). Member Society of America Archeology (treasurer 1953-1954, president 1958-1959, chairman finance committee 1987-1989, Fiftieth Anniversary award 1985, Distinguished Service award 1988), Arizona Archeological and History Society, Nature Conservancy, Archeological Conservancy (life).
Married Nathalie Ferris Sampson, September 18, 1948.