American archaeologist (1927–2020)
Robert H. Dyson, Jr. (August 2, 1927 – February 14, 2020)[1] was an American archaeologist who served as director of the Penn Museum (1982–1994). He was best known for directing excavations at Teppe Hasanlu between 1956 and 1977.[1][2]
Education and career
Dyson was born in York, Pennsylvania, in 1927, and received his PhD from Harvard University in 1966.[1][2] He joined the University of Pennsylvania as an associate professor of anthropology and associate curator of the Near East section of the Penn Museum.[3] He served as the dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences from 1979 to 1982 and was the director of the Penn Museum from 1982 to 1994.[1] He retired from Pennsylvania as a professor emeritus in 1995.[1]
Dyson was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1971,[4] served as the president of the Archaeological Institute of America,[1] and was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1984. After his retirement from Pennsylvania, a Robert H. Dyson chair was endowed at the Department of Anthropology and Near East section of the Penn Museum in his honor.[1][5]
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