Clyde K. M. Kluckhohn (Rhodes 1928)
Cultural Anthropology. Rhodes Scholar, University of Oxford. Council on Foreign Relations.
Curator of South-western American Ethnology at the Peabody Museum.
Year before he died - Kluckhohn initially believed in the biological equality of races but later reversed his position. Kluckhohn wrote in 1959 that “in the light of accumulating information as to significantly varying incidence of mapped genes among different peoples, it seems unwise to assume flatly that ‘man’s innate capacity does not vary from one population to another’…. On the premise that specific capacities are influenced by the properties of each gene pool, it seems very likely indeed that populations differ quantitatively in their potentialities for particular kinds of achievement.”[5][6]
The author and co-author of books on the physical, social and archaeological branches of anthropology, he had held various advisory posts with the Federal Government in recent years.[2]
Professor of Anthropology at Harvard University
1956, collaborated in writing “How the Soviet System Works.”.[2]
Korean War - 1950 to 1951 - Harvard Project on the Soviet Social System, carried out during the first years of the Korean War.
1950 - Viking Fund Medal.
1947 ??? - Published, Mirror for Man. (won the McGraw Hill award for best popular writing on science)
1947 to 1954 - First Director of the Russian Research Center at Harvard University.[2] Becoming the largest and most comprehensive non-governmental institution dealing with the Soviet Union in the Western world.[2]
1947 - President, American Anthropological Association.
WW2 - Assistant Chief in Military Intelligence and at the Office of War Information.[2] He also served the Government as a consultant to the Indian Service of the Interior Department, and in research work for the Department of Defense.[2]
Assistant and Associate Professor, 1946, Full Professor Harvard University.[2]
1936 - Graduated Anthropology at Harvard University. (Ph.D.).
Associate in archeology at the School of American Research in Santa Fe.[2]
1933 - Published “Beyond the Rainbow”.[2]
1932 to 1934 - Assist Professor of Anthropology, University of New Mexico.[2]
Studied Anthropology at University of Vienna. Underwent to Psychoanalysis afterwards advising all students of anthropology to be psychoanalyzed “in order better to understand themselves and others.”.[2]
1930 to 1932 - Dr. Kluckhohn traveled extensively in Europe.[2]
1928 to 1930 - Rhodes Scholar, Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford.[1][2]
1928 - University of Wisconsin-Madison (AB, Greek)[2]
1927, Published “To the Foot of the Rainbow”.[2]
1922 - While a student at Princeton, he became ill and went to live on a New Mexico ranch. He spent much time in Mavajo country and learned to speak passable Navajo, which he described as “incredibly difficult”.[2]
Died 28 Jul 1960, from Heart Attack. Age 55.
Wife Florence Rockwood Kluckhohn, and son Richard.[2]
[2] - NY Times - Dr. Clyde K. M. Kluckhohn Dies (30 Jul 1960)
[3] - FYI - Wiki - Clyde K. M. Kluckhohn (Rhodes 1928)
[4] - Mustansiriyah University - Biography - Clyde K. M. Kluckhohn (Rhodes 1928)
[7] - Britannica.com - Clyde K. M. Kluckhohn (Rhodes 1928)
[8] - President of the American Anthropological Association 1947
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