Allen P. McCartney Memorial Scheduled October 9

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.- Professor Emeritus Allen P. McCartney will be remembered by alumni, colleagues, and former students during a service at 1 p.m. Saturday, October 9, in Giffels Auditorium, Old Main, on the University of Arkansas campus, followed by an informal reception.

Please send stories and remembrances of Dr. McCartney by Friday, October 1, 2004, to the Department of Anthropology, 330 Old Main, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701. If received in time, they may be included in a memory book being created for the family.

Allen P. McCartney, 63, died June 15, 2004, of complications from Parkinson's disease. As a result of his illness, he chose early retirement but remained active in departmental and university affairs.

"It was Allen's wish to hold the memorial service this fall. He was a talented, positive, caring and much-loved member of the university and the Fayetteville communities for many years," said Marvin Kay, chair of the anthropology department.

A native of Fayetteville, Dr. r.McCartney joined the UA faculty in 1970. He served for 33 years, chairing the Department of Anthropology from 1978 to 1984. From 1989 to 1995, he was the first director of the Ph.D. program in Environmental Dynamics. He authored or edited several books, the last of which is "Indigenous Ways to the Present: Native Whaling in the Western Arctic," an edited volume published in 2004 by Canadian Circumpolar Institute (CCI) Press. He also wrote more than 60 journal articles or book chapters.

McCartney served on the Board of Governors of the Arctic Institute of North America and as editor of the journal "Arctic Anthropology" for several years. He was also the recipient of numerous major research grants from the National Science Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Geographic Society.

In 2002, the National Science Foundation sponsored a workshop in honor of his groundbreaking contributions that helped shape the direction of archaeological research in the Arctic. He received the Alaska Anthropological Association's 2003 Professional Achievement Award in recognition of an unrivaled legacy of scholarship on the Arctic. He lived to see his last student, Pat McClenahan, graduate in spring 2004 from the Environmental Dynamics Program.

Dr. McCartney is survived by two sons, Erin McCartney of Washington, D.C., and Kevin McCartney of Chicago, Illinois; a sister, Carol Howe of Altamonte Springs, Florida; and his former wife, Nancy McCartney of Fayetteville.

In lieu of flowers, donations in Allen McCartney's name may be made to the Stigler Lectureship in Archaeology, Department of Anthropology, University of Arkansas; to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, Grand Central Station, P.O. Box 4777, New York, NY 10163; or to the University of Wisconsin's Foundation for Stem Cell Research, Waisman Center, 1500 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53705.

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Marvin Kay, chair, Department of Anthropology, J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, (479) 575-5446, mkay@uark.edu

Lynn Fisher, communications director, Fulbright College, (479) 575-7272, lfisher@uark.edu