Jack Tobin (anthropologist)
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Jack Adair Tobin (June 15, 1920 – June 18, 2010) was an American anthropologist who devoted much of his life to the people of the Republic of the Marshall Islands.[1]
Tobin served in the United States Navy during World War II and was a survivor of the Attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.[1] He enrolled at the University of Hawaiʻi following the end of World War II, earning a bachelor's degree in anthropology.[1] He studied under Leonard Mason, a leading specialist on Micronesia, who instilled Tobin's interest in the Marshall Islands.[1]
In the early 1950s, Tobin attended a research trip to Arno Atoll.[1] He became a district anthropologist for the Marshall Islands, then part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, shortly after the Arno research trip.[1] He left the Marshalls and completed his doctorate in anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley.[1] He returned to the Marshall Islands, where he worked as a community development officer.[1]
Tobin moved to Honolulu, Hawaii, upon his retirement. In 2002, he released his best known book, Stories from the Marshall Islands.[1] He died in Honolulu on June 18, 2010.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Marquard, Bryan (2010-06-25). "Noted Pacific Anthropologist Dies in Honolulu". East West Center. Pacific Islands Report. Archived from the original on 2011-06-16. Retrieved 2010-06-29.
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