[Algonquiana] Fwd: In Memoriam: Associate Professor Dr. Daniel Strouthes passes away

[MONICA MACAULAY]

This was sent to Marie-Odile, who sent it to me. Please address any responses to Wendy Geniusz (address below).

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De: "Geniusz, Wendy Makoons" <GENIUSZW at uwec.edu<mailto:GENIUSZW at uwec.edu>>
Date: 6 juin 2018 12:08:45 HAE
À: MarieOdile Junker <MarieOdileJunker at cunet.carleton.ca<mailto:MarieOdileJunker at cunet.carleton.ca>>

Aaniin:
Could you help me post this on the Algonquiana listserv? I think it might be of interest to some of the members:

Daniel Strouthes, Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire, past on yesterday afternoon.  He worked extensively with the Micmac earlier in his career, and he attended several of the Algonquian conferences.  He was only 59 and his caused of death has not been shared with the public.

Miigwech,
Makoons

PS, I'm kind of in shock from this, so I'm not in the right frame of mind to write a nice obit for the listserv. I'm going to forward you the one his department wrote for him in my next email.



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Subject: In Memoriam: Associate Professor Dr. Daniel Strouthes passes away

This message is being sent on behalf of the Department of Geography and Anthropology.




It is with much sadness that UW-Eau Claire Department of Geography and Anthropology shares with the campus community that our colleague, Dr. Daniel Strouthes, passed away last week.



Dr. Strouthes is survived by his wife, Elizabeth.





Dr. Strouthes was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on April 4, 1959. He received a bachelor’s degree in anthropology from Wesleyan University in Connecticut, and master’s and doctoral degrees in anthropology from Yale University.



After earning his doctorate, Dr. Strouthes served as an adjunct professor of anthropology at Southern Connecticut State University from 1994-96 before joining UW-Eau Claire in August 1996. Dr. Strouthes taught introductory and advanced undergraduate courses, and in his first year at UW-Eau Claire it was written that “he seeks to enable students to apply abstract concepts, to evaluate theories critically and to understand the scientific method.” His students indicated that they admired “his great enthusiasm and deep knowledge of American Indian cultures.” He was known for starting classes with stories drawn from his field experiences with Micmac Indians, for his humor and his lessons in cultural relativism. Dr. Strouthes had an excellent ability to understand spoken and written Micmac in five orthographies, as well as the ability to speak and write the language.



Dr. Strouthes was responsible for introducing new courses, “Anthropology of Law,” and, more recently, “Museum Curation,” to UW-Eau Claire’s anthropology curriculum. In August 2002, he was promoted to the rank of associate professor and was granted tenure at UW-Eau Claire. He received a faculty sabbatical for the 2007-2008 academic year to pursue his project, “Territoriality in Oge Bage Mee Society.” He has been devoted to the concerns and issues of the Kapauku community and peoples of West Papua.