ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Page Count: 2

A Tribute to Dr. Ellis R. Kerley: The Kansas Years
Bass, WM
University of Tennessee, TN

(Received 28 March 2000; accepted 5 September 2000)

Abstract

Dr. Ellis R. Kerley, one of the founders of the Physical Anthropology section of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, was born in Kentucky and received his undergraduate degree at the University of Kentucky. Following the completion of his doctoral degree (University of Michigan) he was a visiting professor at the University of Kentucky before joining the faculty at the University of Kansas in 1966. At Kansas he was a major advisor for many graduate students who were to become leaders in the new area of Forensic Anthropology.

Keywords:
forensic science, Ellis R. Kerley, forensic anthropology, Kansas, history

Paper ID: JFS15045J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS15045J
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