FIELD BRIEFS 



Jonathan Haas Named 



Vice President 



For Collections and Research 



Jonathan Haas 



Dr. Jonathan Haas, director of Programs 

 and Research at the School of American 

 Research, Santa Fe, New Mexico, has 

 been chosen vice president for Collections 

 and Research. He succeeds Dr. Harold 

 Voris, who has served in that position for 

 five years. 



A native of New Mexico, Dr Haas 

 received his B.A. from the University of 

 Arizona and his M.A., M. Phil., and 

 Ph.D. with distinction in anthropology 

 from Columbia University. Before going 

 to the School of American Research, he 

 served as a member of the faculty at the 

 University of Denver 



He has been an active archaeologist, 

 working extensively in the Southwest, 

 and is the author or editor of several books 

 and monographs, including: The Origin 

 and Development of the Andean State, co- 

 editor, 1987; The Evolution of the Pre- 

 Historic State, 1982; The Curation and 

 Management of Archaeological CoJiections: 

 A Pilot Study, with Alexander J. Lindsay 

 and Glenna Williams-Dean, 1980. Forth- 

 coming are two publications: The 

 Anthropology of War and The Kayenta War- 

 fare Project. 



Dr. Haas will join the Field Museum 



also as curator of Anthropology. His 

 spouse, Winifred, is an active anthropol- 

 ogist and will be a research associate in the 

 Department of Anthropology. 



Dr Voris, whom he succeeds, will be 

 resuming full-time research and curatorial 

 activities in herpetology. 



Lee Webber Recognized 



£ Leiand Webber 



The Honors Committee of the American 

 Association of Museums has recently 

 selected trustee E. Leiand Webber as the 

 1989 recipient of the Award for Dis- 

 tinguished Service to Museums. Webber 

 retired from the post of Field Museum 

 president in 1981; he had been the 

 Museum's chief executive officer since 

 1962 and had served on the staff for more 

 than 3 1 years. 



The award was established to recog- 

 nize unusual excellence and distinguished 

 contributions to the museum profession. 

 It is the association's highest honor given 

 to a person who has made a cumulative 

 contribution to the field of museums. Lee 

 Webber joins a list of the country's most 

 outstanding museum leaders. The award 

 recognizes Webber's leadership of the 

 Field Museum and the Chicago museum 

 community. It also honors his significant 

 involvement in the legislative arena both 

 at the state and federal levels. 



WiUard Boyd Honored by NEH 



The National Endowment for the Hu- 

 manities has selected Field Museum presi- 

 dent Willard L. Boyd to receive one of its 

 first Charles Frankel Prizes, citing his 

 efforts to "expand the educational poten- 

 tial and cultural diversity of the nation's 

 museum programs." 



Sandy Boyd has played a major role 

 in making cultural institutions more 

 accessible to the public, observes Lynne 

 Cheney, National Endowment for the 

 Humanities chairman. "(Museums) see 

 themselves as schools, and Sandy Boyd 

 has been a real leader in bringing this 

 transformation about." 



"Anymore it's not just 'Let's hang the 

 pictures on the walls and put the artifacts 

 in the cases,'" Cheney said. 



Boyd was one of five winners of the 

 prize, a $5,000 award named for the late 

 Charles Frankel, first president arid direc- 

 tor of the National Humanities Center 

 Formal presentation will be made in 

 November. 



"1 view this as really an award to the 

 Field Museum," said Sandy upon learning 

 of the honor "People here are making the 

 Museum a place that is more accessible to 

 the discussion of humanistic issues." He is 

 presenting his $5,000 award to the Mu- 

 seum to be used for a new exhibit on 

 Africa. 



Willard L. Boyd 



