Richard Guy Condon


Rick Condon was an American anthropologist who specialized in the study of Inuit. He was curator of the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and editor of the international journal, Arctic Anthropology.

Early years

Condon was born in Plainfield, New Jersey, United States. In 1974, he received a bachelor's degree in anthropology from Rutgers College, and in 1981, he received a Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh. His dissertation was entitled, Inuit behavior and seasonal change: a study of behavioral ecology in the central Canadian Arctic.

Career

His anthropological research included the people of Holman, northern Alaska, and Baffin Island.
Condon became associate editor for Arctic Anthropology in 1989, and worked to translate and publish Russian works in the journal.
He was an associate professor at the University of Arkansas from 1992 until his death.

Personal life

Condon married the anthropologist Pamela Rose Stern in 1984. They collaborated on several research projects. Condon and Stern had two daughters, Kimberly and Morgan.
He disappeared September 7, 1995, in Chukotka, Russia, and it is presumed he drowned while traveling by boat between Sireniki and Provideniya.

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