Watson Smith

Background

Smith, Watson was born on August 21, 1897 in Cincinnati. Son of Samuel Watson and Olive (Perkins) Smith.

Education

Bachelor of Philosophy, Brown University, 1919. Doctor of Laws, Brown University, 1964. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1924.

Student, University California-Berkeley, 1935.

Career

With, Hinckley, Allen, Tillinghast & Phillips, Providence, 1924-1930; private practice law, Cincinnati, 1930-1933; anthropological and archeological research, direction and writing, Museum Northern Arizona, 1935-1938, 48; trustee, Museum Northern Arizona, 1956-1979; staff, Rainbow Bridge-Monument Valley Expedition, Arizona, 1935-1937; curator Southwestern archeological, Peabody Museum, Harvard University, 1936-1993; research associate, U. Arizona, 1952-1993.

Achievements

• Watson Smith has been listed as a noteworthy Anthropologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board advisers Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, 1957-1960, 74-81, trustee, 1960-1974, president, 1968-1970. Trustee Brown University, 1950-1964, fellow, 1964-1970. Past trustee Howard Foundation, Providence, School American Research Santa Fe.

Served as major United States Army Air Force, 1942-1945. Fellow American Anthropological Association (A.V. Kidder award 1983). Member Society of America Archeology (50th anniversary award 1985), Arizona Archaeol. and History Society (Byron Son of Cummings award 1987), Southwest Parks and Monuments Association (Emil W. Haury award 1987), American Ethnological Society, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Son of; married Lucy May Cranwell, September 30, 1943. 1 child, Benjamin.

Father:

Samuel Watson Smith

Mother:

Olive (Perkins) Smith

Spouse:

Lucy May Cranwell

child:

Benjamin Smith