What is Fred Wendorf?
'''Denver Fred Wendorf ''' (July 31, 1924 – July 15, 2015) was an [[Americans|American]] [[archaeologist]]. He was a professor ''emeritus'' of [[Anthropology]] at [[Southern Methodist University]]. He received his Ph.D. in 1953 from [[Harvard University]], and founded the anthropology department at SMU along with founding the Fort Burgwin Research Center in [[Taos, New Mexico|Taos]], New Mexico.<ref name=Peabody>{{cite web |title=Press Release |url=http://www.peabody.harvard.edu/files/Movius.pdf |work=Peabody.Harvard.edu |publisher=Peabody Museum of Archeology & Ethnology |year=2008 |access-date=February 22, 2012 |archive-date=June 10, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120610151601/http://peabody.harvard.edu/files/Movius.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=Midland>{{cite web |title=Excavator of “Midland Man” site dies at age 90 |url=http://www.mrt.com/news/state_and_national/article_6446cbd8-2b3f-11e5-b75c-b38ecdb3f4e7.html |work=Midland Reporter-Telegram |publisher=Midland Reporter-Telegram| year=2015| access-date=July 16, 2015}}</ref> Wendorf was a member of the [[United States National Academy of Sciences]].<ref name=Peabody/> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wendorf, Fred}} [[Category:1924 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:Scientists from Texas]] [[Category:American archaeologists]] {{US-bio-stub}}