Departm4ts & People DEATHS ~

PAULEhULMAHLER,41. Associate RofessorandChairman, Quu$CoUege. C W Y . died November 11. 1984 of leukemia in Seattle. Washington. He joined

Queens in 1972 and WIS instrumental in developiag the bio- logical anthropology pmgram. A popular, demanding and in- fluential teacher, his office was the intellectual 4 : s o c i a l hub for several generations of anthropology students. He was elected Chainnan in 1982. a task he performed with distinc- tion. Mahler received BA and MA degrees from’ Utah and continued graduate training at Michigan, receiving his PhD in 1973. His fieldwork was in East Africa and Europe and his research and publications dealt with pongid dentitian and its implications for human evolution. The papa hs wrote with Brace and Rosen, “Tooth Measumments and fhe Rbjection of the Taxon ‘Homo habilis’.” (1972 Yearbook ofphysical An-

th&o&&) is still cited in the continuing controversy over whether Homo habilis was a scparate line in the evolution of mankind or related to Australopithecus. At his death Mlhler was at work on a book to be titled “Camiverous Seed Eaters: The Roblem of Early Hominid Dietary Habits.” Other publications include PongidDenrifiop: A Men- .ical Descrjption (1979).and Growfh of :he Long Bones in a Prehisforic 8opukafion from Sudhnesa Nubiu (1973). The Queens Anthropology Department plans to inau-

an a n a d .lecture series in biological anthropology in Mahler’s honor. Contri-

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~, . sulting psychiaiibin at Rlee University; cop dullant in psychiatry at the Vnerans A h i n - bmhn Hospiul: md chief psychiaaisf 81 Methodist Hospital. During 1965-66, he served ai Commissioner of Mental H u l t h atd Mcatnl Retnrd.tiw. State of Texu.

A rutive of Louisiana, h Frazier anended pMic schools in Forf Wonh. ‘IX. and re- ceived his undergraduate and medical de- grees nt the University of Illinois. Chcago. He hnlds an MS degree in acurol0glcol xi. tms from the Univmity of Minnesota. and an homruy M A dcgra from Harvard Uni- versity.

+mn:kADAMHA News, Ocfober 1984

Interior Secretary Lists Key Features of President’s Budget Decisions

In a December memorandum to all Interior Dcpartmeni employees. Sccrclary William Clark dixussed the budget problems faced by h i d e n t Reagan in nying to counlenct the continuing deficits that have madc the na- tionaldcbtadangertoihecconomy. TheSec- reetpy listed the following key fcamcs of the Resident’s p g n m for the Lkpamncnt of thelnterior: (1)“Freere”ihebudgctsofPark Sewice. Bureau of Land Management and Fish and Wildlife Service at FY 1985 level; (2) Defer new land acquisitions: (3) “Freeze” water projects for one yew (4) In- c- Federal share of m i ~ r a l mccipts: (5) R u u rewedtion and w i n g fees; (6) Imple- m a t management improvements and reduce administrative costs throughout the L k p ~ . mnt ; and (7) other specific measures to be idenlifted later for all bureau and offices. +om Indian News Nc ia . Bureau aflndion Adairs, December21. 1984.

First World Conference on Cultural Parks

Nwly 200 invited parlicipm~ from the immuuioul .haril)gc rmemunity.clOlc to ~ e s : v a b N&& prr fa, +s NW

to 21. CulNrd anthmpolOgiStS{ prcheok ~ i a s , ~ r m o ~ i n t r ; . ~ ~ i i w and otkr pcaervahn pk.siooals. towism cxpms. and 9cveral native peoples discussed the pmblems of managing uchcologi+l md his- mric 61168 found in public-war puks or n- sewes. Not h e leut of these p+ems, par- ticululy for indigenous and other local peo- ples, is ~ l e creation of protected Asewes and heritage sites in their homelands. p c Mmy issues of preserving what some define as the world‘s culNral hcriuge. and providing ac- cess to it. while also UfCguardiG the righls of local peoples 10 practice th t j r cultural ways with the mcurces they defipe as local acd private, produced lively discpurse. both formal and i n f d .

~0rmd papon . d d r ~ a ~ d 3 *snarl 1hsrne5:

and use. and (3) cultural parks andnative cul- m. Representatives from the Ufe Moun. lnin Ute, Navajo. and several pueblos. as well as a member of the Kuna nation and an Ausualian abonginc. formed a panel dealing with tourism impacts on native c b u n i t i e s and cultures. Thnc workshops were given. one on socioeconomic impact asstssmnt by the Washington Auocialion of dofessional Anthropologists. another on doeumenting c u l ~ c by the Folldifc Center. and one on museums in cross-cultural perspective by the Smithronian.

Director of the National Park Service. Russell E Dickcnson, drew a standmg ova- lion when he exhorted landmanagerr and prewrvationists to respect the CUlNrally di- verse lifeways of native peoples. n e theme recumd in ihe conference resolutions that called upon organizntions and governments to protect the rights and lifeways of local peo- ples, incorporate local pcopleslinto park planning and mamgemeni. and ensure heir participation in fuNre conferences. Other resolutions considered tbe need lo protect and conurvc culNral objects and sild, and p r ~ mote greater public and private involvement in the identification nnd conservation of s ip nificant heritage sites.

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ThcRocecdin gs ale expecttd to be pub-

butions can be 8cni to the depamnent. checks made out to Queens College Foundndon- Paul Mahlec Fund. (Warren DeBoer, Sara Srinron)

NORA THOMPSON DEAN, Unami Delawan exmaordinmy. died as the sun rose in Banlesville, Oklahoma November 29.1984 after a lengthy illness. She had devoted her life to preserving information on her much-moved tribe. With great patience and kindness, she aid& anthropologists. historians, linguists. hobbyists and others with less well-defined objectives. During her life, she was honored by the governors of Delaware. Pennsylvania and Oklahoma. All of the major publications dealing with the Delaware since 1956 have relied heavily on her effons. These include at least five dissenations. a score of articles and a dozen books. Her parsing marked what is pmb- ably the Ian occasion for a full-scale, aadilional Delaware funeral. which brought together Delawares from all over Oklahoma and thc East and scholars from many dis- ciplines and locales. flay Mil ler)

Also noted: Margaret Alexander M m h , 91, former Professor of Sociology and Anrhropology. Smith College, d i d December 10, 1984. Her chief interest was the social and economic effects of modem imperialism and she had d o w research in Cen- tral America. Venezuela, Bolivia. USSR, China and Japan.

-- Please send information on dearhs with local obituaries. career summaries. and photos when available to Nothalie F S Woodbury. RFD 3 , Amhersf, M A OlWZ /413/549-0378). ~ ~ _ _ lirhed in about one year. For contact Mesa Vcrde Nationil Vudc. CO R1330. ing ambiguities and imperfatiolls. The 1.M

codificatibn of Indian l i w waa in 1926. The newly codified Title 2 5 , when passed by Cmnros. will bc Ihc law for Ladhn mmm

svbnj”edbY Murie“erp’’ SlqBAnrb* pdogist, National Park Service.

I pnr0dnn;cl. tothe codc. The l”vOkmca1 of Codifidation of Indian Law BIA ~ u l f m LIUS C ~ C - in b e i ~ e d to be

Ute fint lim thd agency stapl have been 4- mily involved m a mddicatwn. Is Nearing Completion

Bureau of Indian Affain SufI membeK. including Ralph Rccscr. director of fhe

+om Indian News Notes. Bureau @Indian Affairs, November 16. 19#. I

C o n p m a l and Leg!slalive Affars s u H . have bccn wallmg thls past ye81 with the Of- lice of Law Revision Counsel of the House of Rcmunuuves to moue a new chhcation Past is Present I I I willrefurn wxf monfh I of iitle 25 (In&an;) df lhc US Code. l k 6- nal dmi will be Drewnted to the Conmess for aclion in 19R5: Although no sub;tantive 1 1 I

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