Whiteford, Andrew Hunter

Andrew Hunter Whiteford was born in Winnipeg, Canada in 1913. He came to the United States in 1923 and was naturalized in 1928. He received his B.A. from Beloit College, Wisconsin (1937), and his M.A. and Ph. D. from the University of Chicago in 1943 and 1950, respectively. Whiteford worked as an anthropologist and archaeologist in various parts of Latin America, the United States, and Europe. His earliest experiences in the field were in Reserve, NM and at a Mogollon site in Arizona. Later, he spent multiple field seasons in Popayán, Colombia (1949, 1950, 1951-52, 1962, 1967, 1970, and 1974) and in Queretero, Mexico (1957, 1958, 1975-76), examining the processes of urbanization, industrialization, and social stratification. Two Cities of Latin America, one of Whiteford's best known publications, resulted from this fieldwork. A preponderance of Whiteford's career (1942-1974) was with Beloit College as a faculty member in the Anthropology Department. Twenty of these years, he served as department chair. A committed teacher, he believed in the importance of training undergraduate cultural anthropology students in the field, often taking them with him on trips to Latin America. Whiteford also held appointments as curator and director of Beloit College's Logan Museum of Anthropology. Retiring to Santa Fe, N.M. in 1976, he became active at the Indian Arts Research Centre at the School of American Research, the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, New Mexico Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, and the Laboratory of Anthropology. During this time, he published significant works on Native American art.

Andrew Hunter Whiteford was born in Winnipeg, Canada in 1913. He came to the United States in 1923 and was naturalized in 1928. He received his B.A. from Beloit College, Wisconsin (1937), and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1943 and 1950, respectively. Whiteford worked as an anthropologist and archaeologist in various parts of Latin America, the United States, and Europe. His earliest experiences in the field were in Reserve, NM and at a Mogollon site in Arizona. Later, he spent multiple field seasons in Popayán, Colombia (1949, 1950, 1951-52, 1962, 1967, 1970, and 1974) and in Queretero, Mexico (1957, 1958, 1975-76), examining the processes of urbanization, industrialization, and social stratification. Two Cities of Latin America, one of Whiteford's best known publications, resulted from this fieldwork.

A preponderance of Whiteford's career (1942-1974) was with Beloit College as a faculty member in the Anthropology Department. Twenty of these years, he served as department chair. A committed teacher, he believed in the importance of training undergraduate cultural anthropology students in the field, often taking them with him on trips to Latin America. Whiteford also held appointments as curator and director of Beloit College's Logan Museum of Anthropology.

Retiring to Santa Fe, N.M. in 1976, he became active at the Indian Arts Research Centre at the School of American Research, the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, New Mexico Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, and the Laboratory of Anthropology. During this time, he published significant works on Native American art.