John Leland Champe (1895–1978) was an academic and archaeologist especially influential in the area of Great Plains archaeology. [1]
Champe was born in 1895 in Elwood, Nebraska. [2] In 1921, he earned a BA from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in mathematics. In 1924, he married Flavia Waters. [3] Before moving to New York to enter the Ph.D. program in anthropology at Columbia University in 1938, Champe had been vice president and a claims adjustor at a Nebraska insurance company. [2] [3] While at Columbia, he studied under William Duncan Strong. [2]
Champe then worked as a professional archaeologist for the Works Progress Administration until 1940 when he returned to the University of Nebraska–Lincoln as an instructor in mathematics. [2] [4] The next year he helped establish the Laboratory of Anthropology at the university. [2]
He earned his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1946 and became assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in 1947. [5] From 1953–1961, he was Chairman of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. [3]
John Leland Champe (1895–1978) was an academic and archaeologist especially influential in the area of Great Plains archaeology. [1]
Champe was born in 1895 in Elwood, Nebraska. [2] In 1921, he earned a BA from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in mathematics. In 1924, he married Flavia Waters. [3] Before moving to New York to enter the Ph.D. program in anthropology at Columbia University in 1938, Champe had been vice president and a claims adjustor at a Nebraska insurance company. [2] [3] While at Columbia, he studied under William Duncan Strong. [2]
Champe then worked as a professional archaeologist for the Works Progress Administration until 1940 when he returned to the University of Nebraska–Lincoln as an instructor in mathematics. [2] [4] The next year he helped establish the Laboratory of Anthropology at the university. [2]
He earned his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1946 and became assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in 1947. [5] From 1953–1961, he was Chairman of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. [3]