William Alfred Alfred Shack

Background

Shack, William Alfred was born on April 19, 1923 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of William and Emma (McAvoy) Shack.

Education

B.A.E., School of the The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 1955; Master of Arts, University of Chicago, 1957; Doctor of Philosophy, London School Economics, 1961.

Career

Assistant Professor, of Sociology and Anthropology, North.E. 111. State College 1961-1962. Assistant Professor, of Sociology, Haile Sellassie 1 University, Ethiopia 1962-1965.

Research Association, Department, of Anthropology, University of Chicago 1965-1966.

Association Professor, of Anthropology, University of 111., Chicago 1966-1970. Professor, of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley since 1970, Dean, Graduate.

Division 1979-1985. Chairman, North. American Committee, Royal Anthropological Institute, London 1983-1986.

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, California Academy Sciences (Trustee), American Anthropological Association, Institute African Institute (Executive Council 1984, Vice-Chairman 1985-1987, Chairman since 1987). Trustee, Board Directors World Affairs Council of North. California.

Chevalier, ordre national du Merite 1987.

Achievements

• William Alfred Shack has been listed as a noteworthy anthropology educator, researcher, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • The Central Ethiopians, Amhara, Tigriňa and Related Peoples: North Eastern Africa Part IV (Volume 22)

    ( Routledge is proud to be re-issuing this landmark serie...)

  • Gods and Heroes: Oral Traditions of the Gurage of Ethiopia (Oxford Library of African Literature)
  • Central Ethiopians: Amhara, Tigrina and Related Peoples (Ethnographic Survey of Africa)
  • HUNGER, ANXIETY, AND RITUAL: DEPRIVATION AND SPIRIT POSSESSION AMONG THE GURAGE OF ETHIOPIA
  • The Gurage
  • The Gurage : A People of Ensete Culture

Membership

Trustee, board directors World Affairs Council of Northern California, San Francisco. Served with United States Coast Guard, 1943-1946. PTO; Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, International African Institute (honorary), California Academy of Sciences (trustee, vice president 1993-1997, vice chairman 1999), American Anthropological Association, Royal Anthropological Institute (president North America committee 1983-1986), International African Institute (economic council since 1984, vice chairman 1985-1987, chairman 1987-1997, Chevalier l'Ordre Nationale du Merite 1987), Athenaeum (London).

Member Faculty Club University California-Berkeley (president 1991-1994).

Interests

• Avocation: vintage motor racing.

Connections

Married Dorothy Nash, September 1, 1960. 1 child, Hailu A.

Father:

William Shack

Mother:

Emma (McAvoy) Shack

Spouse:

Dorothy Nash

child:

Hailu A. Shack