Richard Deo Daugherty was born March, 1922, at Aberdeen, Washington. He completing high school in Aberdeen, attended Central Washington College of Education at Ellensburg, Wa., and the University of Washington in Seattle, from which he received his doctor's degree in anthropology. In 1950 he began employment at Washington State College in Pullman, which he continued until retirement in 1985. Daugherty's main focus as an anthropologist was the pre-history of the Pacific Northwest, approached through archaeological methods. For over 30 years he conducted or directed a number of excavations and similar investigations, chiefly in the central basin area of Washington and along the Pacific coast. One of the best known was an 18th century village near Ozette. Daugherty also conducted archaeological surveys in North Africa, within the regions of Sudan effected by the construction of dams on the Nile River. Daugherty was also an original member of the National Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, to which he was appointed by President Lyndon Johnson in 1967.
From the guide to the Richard D. Daugherty Papers, 1944-1985, (Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections)
