Mildred Trotter at work
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traces, measurements, connections
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Lineage of United States War Dead Identification WWII, Korean War, Vietnam
Diagram showing the lineage of responsible commands, units, and laboratories for War Dead Identification since WWII
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Mildred Trotter PhD – Washington University of St. Louis
Many in the know, know Mildred as a great favorite of many forensic anthropologists, a remarkable 20th Century woman in science. Dr. Trotter made extraordinary contributions of methods, and programmatic foundations of the science underpinning evidence categories in the applied forensic science field and human bioarchaeology. Professor Trotter’ legacy as a scientist, professional, and colleague…
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Anthropologists, Scientists, and Professionals that have worked on the U.S. Military Dead Identification since the end of WWII
List of scientists assigned to the POW/MIA mission
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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…
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This website is a research blog in progress for the history of forensic anthropology and humanitarian forensics. The focus is primarily on the development of forensic anthropology in the 20th Century, Personalities, Institutions, research, professionalization, and conceptual growth in an applied forensic science.
