Robert Lawrence Rands

Background

Rands, Robert Lawrence was born on May 13, 1922 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of John and Una Alice (Clingan) Rands.

Education

Bachelor in Anthropology, University New Mexico, 1949. Master of Arts in Anthropology, University California, Los Angeles, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology, Columbia University, 1952.

Career

Assistant professor to professor University Mississippi, University, 1952-1963. Professor, assistant director research laboratory anthropology University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1963-1966. Professor, curator Mesoamerican archaeology Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 1966-1991.

Research professor Southern Illinois University, Center Archeological Investigations, 1993—2002. Adjunct professor Southern Illinois University, Center Archeological Investigations, since 2002. Research associate University Museum, University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1960-1982.

Visiting scholar Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, 1975. Research collaborator Smithsonian Institution Center Materials Research & Education, Washington, 1987-1993, 95-2000, Brookhaven National Laboratory Department of Chemistry, Upton, 1974-1977, 80-83. Ceramicist Proyecto de las Cruces Palenque Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute, San Francisco, 1997-1998.

Consultant ceramic excavations at Palenque, 2004, 05.

Achievements

• Robert Lawrence Rands has been listed as a noteworthy archaeologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of Archeological Institute American, American Anthropological Association, Society of America Archaeology (Excellence in Ceramic Studies award 1998), Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Barbara Rathbone Cornett, August 1948 (divorced 1977). 1 child, Gordon Phillips. Married Elizabeth Lowry Vaughan, May 26, 1977 (deceased October 18, 1990).

Father:

John Rands

Mother:

Una Alice (Clingan) Rands

Spouse:

Elizabeth Lowry Vaughan

Spouse:

Barbara Rathbone Cornett

child:

Gordon Phillips Rands