Major Events in the Life and Career of Edward T. Hall

1914

Born in Webster Groves, Missouri

1918-32

Grew up, mostly in New Mexico

1933-37

Worked on Navajo and Hopi reservations in the U.S. Southwest

1936

Earned B.A. in Anthropology from the University of Denver

1938

Earned M.A. in Anthropology from the University of Arizona

1942

Earned Ph.D. in Anthropology from Columbia University

1942-45

Served in WWII, commanding an African American regiment in Europe and the Philippines

1946

Married Mildred Ellis Reed

1946

Post-doctoral study in Sociology/Cultural Anthropology at Columbia University; conducted research on the U.S. military government administration of Truk

1946-48

Chairman, Department of Anthropology, University of Denver; studied race relations in Denver

1948-50

Taught at Bennington College in Vermont with Erich Fromm

1950-55

Director of the Point IV Training Program at the Foreign Service Institute, Washington, D.C.

1952-56

Affiliated with the Washington School of Psychiatry, Washington, D.C.

1955

Publication of "The Anthropology of Manners" in the Scientific American

1959

Publication of The Silent Language

1960-63

Affiliated (again) with the Washington School of Psychiatry

1963-67

Professor of Anthropology, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago; conducted NIMH-funded research on proxemics and interethnic encounters

1966

Publication of The Hidden Dimension.

1967-77

Professor of Anthropology, Northwestern University, until his retirement in 1977; further NIMH funded research on proxemics and interethnic encounters

1976

Participated in the Conference on Intercultural Communication, International Christian University, Tokyo

1976

Publication of Beyond Culture

1977

Presented a paper at the International Communication Association Conference, Berlin (Hall, 1978)

1977- Present

Living in retirement in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Occasional lectures at SIETAR conferences and the Summer Institute of Intercultural Communication

1994

Mildred Ellis Reed died

2004

Married Karin Bergh