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Luther Sheeleigh Cressman (October 24 1897 – April 4 1994) was an American anthropologist. He is known as the father of Oregon anthropology.
   Cressman was born outside of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, the son of a physician. He was ordained an Episcopal priest in 1923, but feeling doubts about his vocation, began studying sociology and anthropology at Columbia University in New York. He received his Ph.D. from Columbia in 1928, and that same year, he left the priesthood.
   In 1929, he took a position as Professor of Sociology at the University of Oregon. The Department of Anthropology was founded by him six years later. His first hire for the department was Homer Barnett. Cressman was the chair of the department from 1935 until his retirement in 1963.
   His most significant discovery came in 1938, when he discovered a pair of perfectly preserved shredded sagebrush bark sandals at Fort Rock in Oregon that were radiocarbon dated from 10,500 to 9,300 years old, making them the oldest footwear found in North America.
   His autobiography was awarded the 1989 Oregon Book Award for literary nonfiction.
   Cressman's first wife was anthropologist Margaret Mead, to whom he was married from 1923-1927. After their divorce, he married Dorothy Cecelia Loch, a Scotswoman, in 1928. Loch, whom he always called "Cecelia", was an invaluable help in his career. They were married for 49 years, until her death in 1977, and had one daughter.

Publications

The Sandal and the Cave
A Golden Journey: Memoirs of an Anthropologist
Klamath Prehistory
Prehistory of the Far West: Homes of Vanished Peoples

Awards

Guggenheim Fellowship

John Alsop King Fellowship

Charles E. Johnson Memorial AwardFurther Information

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