Linton, Marigold, 1936-

Marigold Linton (Cahuilla-Cupeño) is a cognitive psychologist who researches long-term memory, and an advocate for Native American students in science, mathematics, and higher education. Linton was born in 1936 on the Morongo Reservation near Banning, California. She earned a B.A. in psychology from the University of California, Riverside in 1958, and a Ph.D. in psychology from UCLA in 1964. She has been a professor of psychology at San Diego State University and the University of Utah; and an administrator of programs serving Native American students at Arizona State University and the University of Kansas. She was president of the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) in 2005-2006. Linton’s great-great-grandfather is Cupeño leader Antonio Garra, known for leading an 1851 uprising in San Diego County; and her grandfather is playwright and critic Sadakichi Hartmann.