George Stocking, 1928-2013

[Leila Monaghan]

Just received this notice from Elizabeth Vann of the death of
anthropologist and historian, George Stocking.


From: Anne Ch'ien <amchien at uchicago.edu>
Date: Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 2:51 PM
Subject: George Stocking
To:


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I am deeply saddened to let you know that George Stocking died peacefully
at home just after midnight on Saturday, July 13, 2013. He had been very
ill since late Spring.****

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Carol Stocking is at 5550 S. Dorchester #1109, Chicago, IL 60637****

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A few highlights of his wonderful career****

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Born December 8, 1928****

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BA     1949     Harvard****

PhD   1960      University of Pennsylvania (American Civilization)****

Dissertation: "American Social Scientists and Race Theory: 1890-1915"****

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1960-68          Department of History, University of California at
Berkeley (Instructor,****

                      Assistant Professor, Associate Professor)****

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1968--             University of Chicago, Departments of History and
Anthropology****

                                  Associate Professor 1968-74****

                                  Professor, 1974-1990****

                                  also joined the Committee on Conceptual
Foundations of Science1974--****

                                  Stein-Freiler Distinguished Professor,
1990-2000****

                                  Emeritus, 2000-2013****

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Awards and Honors****

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1976-77          NEH Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the
Behavioral Sciences,****

                      Stanford****

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1984-85          John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellow****

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1988-89          Getty Scholar, Getty Center for the History oft and the
Humanities****

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1992-93          Member, School of Social Science, Institute for Advanced
Study, Princeton****

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1993               Huxley Lecturer and Medalist, Royal Anthropological
Institute****

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1994               Quantrell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate
Teaching, UC****

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1998               Franz Boas Award for Exemplary Service to Anthropology,
AAA****

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2011               Normal MacLean Faculty Award (UC Alumni Association)****

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Honored by major symposia at the University of Chicago (1995) and the****

National Meeting of the American Anthropological Association (1997) and by
the****

“Stocking Symposium in the History of Anthropology in Anthropological
Practice” held annually at the national meeting of the American
Anthropological Association.****

Major Publications****

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1968    Race, Culture and Evolution: Essays in the History of Anthropology**
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1987    Victorian Anthropology****

1992    The Ethnographer's Magic and Other Essays in the History of
Anthropology****

1995    After Tylor: British Social Anthropology, 1888-1951****

2001    Delimiting Anthropology: Occasional Inquiries and Reflections****

2010    Glimpses into My Own Black Box: An Exercise in Self-Deconstruction**
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1973-2003  Founder and Editor of the *History of Anthropology of Newsletter*

Editor of at least 8 volumes in the History of Anthropology series from the
University of Wisconsin Press****

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Most recently he had been working on Clyde Kluckhohn****

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___________________
Anne M. Ch’ien
Administrator, Graduate Program
Department of Anthropology
University of Chicago
1126 East 59th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
Phone: 773-702-8551
FAX:    773-702-4503
E-Mail:  amchien at uchicago.edu





-- 
Elizabeth R. Vann, Ph.D.
Brockton Public Schools
Brockton, Massachusetts



-- 
Leila Monaghan, PhD
Department of Anthropology
University of Wyoming
Laramie, Wyoming