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...cancer last week at the age of 76, Margaret Mead had become the grandmother of the global village, an all-wise matriarch whose often provocatively put, common-sense opinions were sought by millions. Her colleagues feel that no single individual will be able to fill her shoes. Says Paul Bohannan, president of the American Anthropological Association: "Margaret Mead was, in fact, a centipede; she had that many shoes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Margaret Mead: 1901-1978 | 11/27/1978 | See Source »

...colleagues griped that Mead, who appeared on television talk shows to endorse everything from greater international cooperation to women's liberation, was "overexposed"; conservative academicians called Mead, who chaired or served on more committees than anyone could remember, an "international busybody." But young people loved her, partly, as Bohannan recalls, because "she never talked down to anybody," partly because she clearly loved young people. Of the Mundugumor tribespeople, she wrote: "It seemed clear to me that a culture that so repudiated children could not be a good culture." Remembering her own youth, she regularly defended the behavior and ideals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Margaret Mead: 1901-1978 | 11/27/1978 | See Source »

Police identified the four as: Ronald D. Gildair, 19, William J. Scalley, 21, Brian P. Stone, 20, and Ronald J. Bohannan, 21, all of Somerville...

Author: By James M. Fallows, | Title: Two Students Beaten; One on Critical List | 1/15/1968 | See Source »

...member of the faculty staff (along with Prof. Paul Bohannan, Northwestern University, Prof. Morroe Berger, Princeton University, Drs. Eissien-Udom and Paul Sigmund of Harvard) that participated in the Nigerian Teacher Training (Peace Corps) Program this summer at Harvard. I feel impelled to comment upon the unfortunate event involving the Harvard-trained Peace Corps Volunteers now at the University College, Ibadan, West Nigeria...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: L'AFFAIRE IBADAN | 10/21/1961 | See Source »

Members of the faculty for the seven-week curriculum in Cambridge will be Paul Bohannan, of the Department of Anthropology at Northwestern; E. E. Ession Udom, of the Center for International Affairs at Harvard: Dr. Dena Farnsworth and staff of the University Medical Services; Martin Kilson, of the Department of Government at Harvard; Paul E. Sigmund, Jr., of the Department of Government at the University; Theodore Sizer, instructor in Education at Harvard, and a UCI faculty member to teach the Nigerian educational system...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Peace Corps Candidates to Arrive Monday for Training | 7/20/1961 | See Source »

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