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Fragments, scattered thoughts, histories

  • Ellis R. Kerley, PhD – University of Maryland. College Park

    Ellis R. Kerley, PhD – University of Maryland. College Park

    Ellis R. Kerley, born 1924 in Covington, Kentucky across the river from Cincinnati. Attended the University of Kentucky, graduating in 1950, (likely studied under Charles E. Snow, PhD). Kerley was an anthropologist at Bowman Gray School of Medicine in Winston Salem, North Carolina. This may have been one of the first appointments of an anthropology…

  • Wilton Krogman PhD, – University of Pennsylvania

    Wilton Krogman PhD, – University of Pennsylvania

    A leader in developing modern Physical (Biological) Anthropology and its application to current world/societal problems, Wilton Marion Krogman was born in Illinois in 1903. His academic background and work at the University of Chicago, and then the University of Pennsylvania provided expertise, and significant fame as an expert within anthropological, medical, and medico-legal domains. Krogman…

  • J. Lawrence Angel PhD, – Smithsonian Institution

    J. Lawrence Angel PhD, – Smithsonian Institution

    #9 Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Anthropology. Served as President of the Board in 1982. Dr. Angel was duly added to the initial roster of the board of directors following the 1978 ABFA meeting in 19-20 February 1978, during the AAFS annual meeting in St. Louis.

  • CIP Strasbourg, France

    CIP Strasbourg, France

    Strasbourg first central ID point The centralization of the scientific aspects of war dead identification is a key historical stream in the history of these efforts (one big happy family) Strasbourg Notes/history As presented in Strasbourg Winter, 2002 In the grim aftermath of World War II, the United States remained committed to documenting, retrieving, and…

  • Clyde C. Snow PhD- University of Oklahoma, FAA, International Humanitarian Forensics

    Clyde C. Snow PhD- University of Oklahoma, FAA, International Humanitarian Forensics

    DABFA #3 https://www.bernardoruiz.com/dispatches/2023/3/10/a-new-documentary-el-equipo-focuses-on-clyde-snow-and-the-argentine-forensic-anthropology-team

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