Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Luebben, Ralph A.
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- Ralph Luebben
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1921-2009
History
Ralph A. Luebben, appointed in 1957, was the first Grinnell College faculty member with a doctorate in anthropology. Originally hired by the Sociology Department to creat an anthropology curriculum within its discipline, Luebben later facilitated the formation of a separate Anthropology Department and a summer archaeological field school. Luebben was the first tenured anthropologist and served as the department chair for several years during his forty years at Grinnell College.
Past Professional Memberships
Fellow, American Anthropological Association
Fellow, Society for American Archeology
Society for Applied Anthropology
Some Miscellaneous Academic Activities
1965-66 - Director, Vienna Foreign Study Program, Colorado Woman's College (3 semesters)
1967-80 - Chairman, Department of Anthropology, Grinnell College
1968-72, 1977-82 - Faculty representative for Grinnell College to the Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference
1969-72 - Grinnell College Visiting Lecturer
1979-80 - American Anthropological Association Visiting Lecturer