Background
Hurt, Wesley Robert was born on September 20, 1917 in Albuquerque. Son of Wesley Rosecrans and Amy (Passmore) Hurt.
Hurt, Wesley Robert was born on September 20, 1917 in Albuquerque. Son of Wesley Rosecrans and Amy (Passmore) Hurt.
Bachelor, University New Mexico, 1938. Master of Arts, University New Mexico, 1942. Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, 1952.
Director museum, faculty University South Dakota, Vermillion, 1949—1963, professor anthropology, 1949—1963, Indiana University, Bloomington, since 1963, director museum, 1963—1983.
Member of Society de Arqueologia Brasileira, Society of America Archaeology, Sigma Xi.
Married Mary Catherine Darden, February 1948. Children: Stephen Donald, Rosalind, Teresa.