Loomis Havemeyer (June 7, 1886 – August 14, 1971) was a professor and administrator at

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who published books on

anthropology Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, society, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including archaic humans. Social anthropology studies patterns of behav ...

and Yale. Havemeyer was born in

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but spent most of his childhood in

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after his parents divorced. His grandfather William Frederick Havemeyer was three time

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, and his maternal grandfather Francis Loomis was

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from 1887 to 1889. He was educated at The Hill School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. In 1907 he went to

Sheffield Scientific School Sheffield Scientific School was founded in 1847 as a school of Yale University, Yale College in New Haven, Connecticut, for instruction in science and engineering. Originally named the Yale Scientific School, it was renamed in 1861 in honor of Jos ...

at Yale University where he gained a Bachelor of Philosophy in 1910. He then studied anthropology at Yale and received his MA in 1912 and was awarded a Ph.D. in 1915 for his dissertation "The Drama of Savage Peoples." His academic career began in 1913 as instructor of

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and anthropology. He continued to teach as both lecturer and assistant professor, and his subjects included

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s and

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. He is most noted for his administrative contributions, as registrar (1919-1929), assistant dean (1929-1941) and associate dean (1941-1945) of Sheffield Scientific School. He was registrar of the Yale School of Engineering (1932-1954); director of undergraduate registration (1945-1948); associate dean in charge of undergraduate registration (1941-1954); and director of undergraduate schedules and allocations (1954-1969). He was awarded the Yale Medal of Honor in 1967 in recognition of his role in the operation of the university. He was a member of the Book and Snake Society as an undergraduate. He was a founder of the Aurelian Honor Society and published "The Aurelian honor society of Yale University and its times : 1910-1955" in 1955. His papers are located in the Sterling Memorial Library at Yale University.

References

External links

* Loomis Havemeyer papers (MS 632). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library

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