Wilton M. Krogman
Wilton M. Krogman | |
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Born | Wilton Marion Krogman 28 June 1903 |
Died | 4 November 1987 Litiz, Pennsylvania | (aged 83)
Nationality | German |
Citizenship | American |
Awards | Viking Fund Medal (1950) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Anthropology |
Wilton Marion Krogman (June 28, 1903 – November 4, 1987) was an American
Over his long career he also contributed to
Wilton Krogman, familiarly known as Bill, was the son of Wilhelm Claus Krogman and Lydia Magdalena Wriedt, who were German immigrants living in Oak Park, Illinois. His parents lacked advanced education, but strongly encouraged him to pursue his studies. His father was a skilled craftsman, described as a perfectionist, who worked with his brothers on the first house by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Krogman came in first on a standardized test among 490 applicants to the
In 1939 Krogman wrote an article in the
In 1939 he returned to the faculty of the University of Chicago, as associate professor of both anatomy and physical anthropology, teaching graduate students for the first time.
Then in 1947 Krogman was called to be professor of physical anthropology in both the Graduate School of Medicine and the School of Dental Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. A package deal gave him an ex officio appointment in the university's Department of Anthropology and as a curator in the university museum. He was also put on the staff of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. The multifaceted positions helped him realize his wide-ranging research goals.
After becoming professor emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania in 1971, he moved to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to become director of research at the H. K. Cooper Clinic, which worked on cleft palates, finally stepping down from active service there in 1983.
Krogman was the author of a number of books. One he liked was The Growth of Man (1941), and one of his most widely known was Child Growth (1972). But without doubt his most famous and influential book was The Human Skeleton in Forensic Medicine (1962) (updated in 1986), long the definitive work on the topic. He also wrote numerous articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals.
He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1966.
He was first married to Virginia Madge Lane. They had a daughter, Marian Krogman Baur, and a son, William L. Krogman. In 1945, he married Mary Helen Winkley and they had two sons, John Winkley Krogman and Mark Austin Krogman.
Krogman received honorary degrees from Baylor University, the University of Michigan, and the University of Pennsylvania.
His definitive biography is by William A. Haviland, a longtime colleague and friend. It was published by the National Academy of Sciences in 1994.
References
- http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=4560&page=293, 1994. Biographical Memoirs V.63, The National Academic Press, 2001, p. 293-320
- Biography.com. “Krogman, Wilton M.” Biography. 27 November 2003