Past Member
Demitri Boris Shimkin
Affiliation
Economics and Politics
Dates at IAS
Member
School of Economics and Politics
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Degrees
Univ Calif, Berkeley
Ph.D.
1939
Honors
1970-71
Fellow Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
1946
Legion of Merit US War Dept
Appointments
1964-67 Am Anthro Assoc Rep NRC
1965-69 US Nat Comm on Internat Bio Prog NAS
1968-69 Nat Inst Environ Health Scis (HEW), Task Force
1972 Woods Hole Inst of Ecology— NSF Task Force Critical Problems of the Coastal Zone
1975-78 Task Comm on Civ Engin in Biomed and Health Care Am Soc Civ Engineers
1977-78 Principal Investigator Pro] on Anthro for the Future (Smithsonian Institution/Wenner Gren Found/NEH), US and India, Internat Union of Anthro and Ethno Scis
1979 Planning Officer and Chairman Designate, Comm on Internat Assessment of Anthro, Internat Union of Anthro and Ethno Scis