Donald A. Swan (28 March 1935 – June 1981) was an American anthropologist and advocate for eugenics and segregation. [1]
Donald A. Swan was born on 28 March 1935.
He got a degree from Queens College. He studied economics in graduate school at Columbia University but was expelled for stealing books from the library. [2] [3] He wrote a letter in appreciation to Karl Donitz, the successor to Adolf Hitler. [3]
Swan was an assistant professor at the University of Southern Mississippi. [4] He was a co-founder in 1959 of the International Association for the Advancement of Ethnology and Eugenics (IAAEE), serving as treasurer and corresponding secretary, and he was involved in the Northern League. [2] [5] [3] He was involved in the IAAEE's attempts to overturn Brown v. Board of Education. [3] In the 1950s he contributed articles to The Truth Seeker purporting genetic differences based on early 20th century IQ studies and Nazi anthropology. [5] He made speeches using the pseudonym Thor Swenson. [5] He was a defender of the German eugenicist Hans F. K. Günther. [5]
In 1966, Swan was arrested on mail-fraud charges. During the raid on Swan's apartment in Queens, New York, the police found Nazi memorabilia, weapons and ammunition. [4] A book by George Lincoln Rockwell of the American Nazi Party was also found, as well as a photograph depicting Swan with American Nazi Party members. [6]
Swan died in June 1981. After his death, Swan's papers were purchased and donated to Roger Pearson at the Institute for the Study of Man, under a Pioneer Fund grant of $59,000. [4] [7]
Donald A. Swan (28 March 1935 – June 1981) was an American anthropologist and advocate for eugenics and segregation. [1]
Donald A. Swan was born on 28 March 1935.
He got a degree from Queens College. He studied economics in graduate school at Columbia University but was expelled for stealing books from the library. [2] [3] He wrote a letter in appreciation to Karl Donitz, the successor to Adolf Hitler. [3]
Swan was an assistant professor at the University of Southern Mississippi. [4] He was a co-founder in 1959 of the International Association for the Advancement of Ethnology and Eugenics (IAAEE), serving as treasurer and corresponding secretary, and he was involved in the Northern League. [2] [5] [3] He was involved in the IAAEE's attempts to overturn Brown v. Board of Education. [3] In the 1950s he contributed articles to The Truth Seeker purporting genetic differences based on early 20th century IQ studies and Nazi anthropology. [5] He made speeches using the pseudonym Thor Swenson. [5] He was a defender of the German eugenicist Hans F. K. Günther. [5]
In 1966, Swan was arrested on mail-fraud charges. During the raid on Swan's apartment in Queens, New York, the police found Nazi memorabilia, weapons and ammunition. [4] A book by George Lincoln Rockwell of the American Nazi Party was also found, as well as a photograph depicting Swan with American Nazi Party members. [6]
Swan died in June 1981. After his death, Swan's papers were purchased and donated to Roger Pearson at the Institute for the Study of Man, under a Pioneer Fund grant of $59,000. [4] [7]