Background
Sturtevant, William Curtis was born on July 26, 1926 in Morristown, New Jersey, United States. Son of Alfred Henry and Phoebe (Reed) Sturtevant.
Sturtevant, William Curtis was born on July 26, 1926 in Morristown, New Jersey, United States. Son of Alfred Henry and Phoebe (Reed) Sturtevant.
Bachelor of Arts, University of California-Berkeley, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1955.
Instructor department anthropology, assistant curator anthropology, Peabody Museum, Yale University, 1954-1956;
ethnologist, general anthropologist Bureau American Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1956-1965;
curator North America ethnology department anthropology National Museum Natural History Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, since 1965. Fulbright lecturer U. Oxford, 1967-1968. Regents lecturer University of California, Berkeley, 1981.
Visiting fellow Worcester College, U. Oxford, 1986-1987. Adjunct professor.anthropology Johns Hopkins University, 1974-1989. Ethnological fieldwork Seminole, Florida, 1950-1967, 85 (18 months), Burma, 1955, 63-64 (12 months), Iroquois, 1952-1965 (8 months), others.
Trustee Museum American Indian, Heye Foundation, New York City, 1976-1982, 84-86. Board directors Survival International United States of America, 1982-1988. Member international executive Survival International, 1986-1988.
Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1945-1946. Fellow Royal Anthropological Institute Great Britain and Ireland, American Anthropological Association (book review editor 1962-1966, executive board 1974-1977, president 1981), American Association for the Advancement of Science (delegate council 1974-1977, member council affairs 1974-1975), Society des Américanistes, American Society Ethnohistory (president 1965-1966), Council Museum Anthropology (president 1979-1981), American Ethnological Society (president 1976-1977), Society of America Archaeology, Society Study Indigenous Languages Americans, Royal Geography Society. Member Hakluyt Society, Champlain Society, Anthropological Society Washington (president 1992-1993).
Married Theda Maw (divorced 1986). Children: Kinthi D.M., Reed P.M., Alfred B.M. (deceased). Married Sally McLendon, 1990.