Frederica de Laguna

Frederica Annis Lopez de Leo de Laguna
Frederica de Laguna in 1993.[1]
Born(1906-10-03)October 3, 1906
Ann Arbor, Michigan
DiedOctober 6, 2004(2004-10-06) (aged 98)
Haverford, Pennsylvania
Other namesFreddy
CitizenshipAmerican
Alma materPhoebe Anne Thorne School, Bryn Mawr College, Columbia University
Known forUnder Mount Saint Elias: The History and Culture of the Yakutat Tlingit
Scientific career
Fieldsanthropology, archaeology, ethnology
InstitutionsBryn Mawr College
Thesis "A Comparison of Eskimo and Palaeolithic Art"  (1933)

Frederica ("Freddy") Annis Lopez de Leo de Laguna (October 3, 1906 – October 6, 2004) was an American ethnologist, anthropologist, and archaeologist[2] influential for her work on Paleoindian and Alaska Native art and archaeology in the American northwest and Alaska.[3]

She founded and chaired the anthropology department at Bryn Mawr College from 1938 to 1972 and served as vice-president of the Society for American Archaeology (SAA) from 1949 to 1950 and as president of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) from 1966 to 1967. De Laguna's honors include Bryn Mawr College's Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching in 1972;[4] her election into the National Academy of Sciences as the first woman, with former classmate Margaret Mead, in 1975;[5] the Distinguished Service Award from the AAA in 1986; a potlatch from the people of Yakutat in 1996; and the Lucy Wharton Drexel Medal from the University of Pennsylvania in 1999.[6]

  1. ^ Roth, Bill. "Frederica de Laguna in 1993". 1993. JPEG file.
  2. ^ Woolf, Linda M. "Frederica de Laguna". Women's Intellectual Contributions to the Study of Mind and Body. Webster University. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  3. ^ Hirst, K. Kris. "Frederica Annis Lopez de Leo de Laguna [1906–2004]". About.com Archaeology. About.com. Archived from the original on 22 May 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  4. ^ Ginanni, Glaudia. "Founder of BMC Anthropology Department Dies at 98". Bryn Mawr Now. Bryn Mawr College. Archived from the original on 5 August 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  5. ^ "Frederica de Laguna".
  6. ^ Wang, Lorain. "Biographical Note" (PDF). Register to the Papers of Frederica de Laguna. National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.

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