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Obituary: Stanley Marion Garn (1922–2007)
Author(s) -
Smith B. Holly,
Frisancho A. Roberto,
Bailey Stephen M.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
american journal of physical anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.146
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1096-8644
pISSN - 0002-9483
DOI - 10.1002/ajpa.20996
Subject(s) - obituary , content (measure theory) , computer science , information retrieval , philosophy , theology , mathematics , mathematical analysis
Stanley Marion Garn, 84, Professor Emeritus of Nutrition in the School of Public Health, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology in the College of Literature, Science and Arts, and Emeritus Fellow in the Center for Human Growth and Development, died August 31, 2007 in Ann Arbor, Michigan of complications from peripheral vascular disease. Born October 27, 1922 in New London, Connecticut, Stanley Garn (Fig. 1) was a prolific author and researcher, authority on human biology, and a key figure in physical anthropology of the 20th century. He served as president of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists 1965–1967. He was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 1976, and in 1988, the AAPA honored him with the Charles R. Darwin Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2002, The Human Biology Council selected him for their Franz Boas award.