Robert Forest Gayton Spier

Background

Spier, Robert Forest Gayton was born on June 12, 1922 in Seattle, Washington, United States. Son of Leslie and Erna (Gunther) Spier.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, University of California at Berkeley, 1947; Master of Arts, Harvard, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard, 1954.

Career

Instructor, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1951-1952; member of faculty, U. Missouri, Columbia, 1949-1951, 52—; professor, U. Missouri, since 1966; professor emeritus, U. Missouri, since 1987; acting director, U. Missouri (College General Studies), 1980-1981. Visiting associate professor of University Oregon, Eugene, 1962-1963. Teacher summers Portland (Oregon) State College, 1957, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1958, University of California at Berkeley, 1965, 66, 73, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1967.

Achievements

• Robert Forest Gayton Spier has been listed as a noteworthy anthropologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • From the Hand of Man: Primitive and Preindustrial Technologies

    (From the Hand of Man Primitive and Preindustrial Technolo...)

  • From the Hand of Man Primitive and Preindustrial Technologies
  • Surveying and mapping;: A manual of simplified techniques (Studies in anthropological method)

Membership

President Friends of Public Library, Columbia, 1969, Columbia Swim Parents Association, 1970. Member Board Electrical Examiners Columbia, 1971-1977. Trustee Norwegian-American Museum, Decorah, Iowa, since 1985.

Served with Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Fellow American Anthropological Association Clubs: Columbia Track.

Connections

Son of; married Veva Drake, March 15, 1951. Children– Martha, Stephen.

Father:

Leslie Son

Mother:

Erna (Gunther) Son

Spouse:

Veva Drake

child:

Stephen Spier

child:

Martha Spier