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February, 2013 CURRICULUM VITAE Name: Douglas H. Ubelaker Born: August 23, 1946 Horton, Kansas Present Position: Curator, Department of Anthropology National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560 Adjunct Positions: Consultant in Forensic Anthropology to the FBI, 1978-present Professorial Lecturer, Department of Anatomy, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., 1986-present Professorial Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., 1986-present Professor, Department of Anthropology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, 2009-present Education: B.A. (honors) University of Kansas, 1968 Ph.D. University of Kansas, 1973 Military Service: U.S. Army, 1969-71 Major Consultant Work: Analysis of human skeletal remains 1976 to present. Over 855 individual cases reported on. Testimonials as expert witness at trials and hearings: September 6, 1978 State of Florida vs. Ludwig Oddo Baglioni Pensacola, Florida March 11, 1981 Commonwealth of Massachusetts vs. Carl Drew Fitchburg, Massachusetts March 2, 1982 State of Washington vs. Michael A. Smith Spokane, Washington June 5, 1985 U.S.A. vs. Buck Duane Walker San Francisco, California 2 September 16, 1985 State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations vs. Paul Triana Providence, Rhode Island February 7, 1986 U.S.A. vs. Stephanie Stearns San Francisco, California February 21, 1986 State of Nebraska vs. Thomas E. Nesbitt Omaha, Nebraska April 16, 1987 State of New York vs. William Seifert Buffalo, New York April 28, 1987 United States of America vs. Gary Cheyenne Rapid City, South Dakota February 5, 1988 Commonwealth of Massachusetts vs. Christopher Bousquet New Bedford, Massachusetts November 19, 1990 State of Washington vs. Malvin L. White Everett, Washington April 29, 1991 District of Columbia vs. Greta Randolph Washington, D.C. July 22, 1991 District of Columbia vs. Greta Randolph Washington, D.C. September 27, 1993 State of Colorado vs. James L. Upshur, Jr., James D. Williams Colorado Springs, Colorado May 17, 1995 Kline et al. vs The Green Mount Cemetery et al. Baltimore, Maryland October 9, 1996 State of Hawaii vs. Anthony F. Torres Kealakekua, Hawaii August 21, 1998 State of Minnesota vs. Joseph Donald Ture (pre-trial hearing) Stillwater, Minnesota September 28, 1998 United States of America vs. Gregory Scarpa, Jr. Brooklyn, New York September 20, 1999 State of Texas vs. Patrick Horn Tyler, Texas January 28, 2008 Commonwealth of PA vs. Joseph Clark Bedford, PA 3 June 20, 2008 Commonwealth of PA vs. Joseph Clark Bedford, PA Depositions given: June 22, 1992 Schofield vs. Forest Lawn Huntington Beach, California January 26, 1994 Drake et al. vs. Fremont Cemetery Corporation Sacramento, California February 7, 1996 Cedar Hill Cemetery Litigation Poughkeepsie, New York Smithsonian Institution Administration: NMNH Space Committee, Anthropology Representative, 1972-1974 NMNH Exhibits Committee, Anthropology Representative, 1974-1977 Chairman, 1975-1977 Search Committee for NMNH Exhibits Chief, 1977 Search Committee for Professional Staff, 1977-1980 Senate of Scientists-Anthropology Councilor, 1976, 2000, 2001 Chairman, Nominations Committee, 1977 Nominations Committee, 1977, 2000 Anthropology Publications Committee, 1977-1980 Anthropology Fellowship Steering Committee, 1976-1977; 1993-1994 NMNH Scientific Event Alert Network Committee, 1976-1977 Professional Accomplishments Evaluation committee: Alternate, 1977-1978; 1994-1995 Member, 1978-1979; 1996-1997 Chairman, 1979-1980, 1997 Search Committee, Director NMNH, 1979 Chairman, Museum of Man Planning Group, 1980-1985 Chairman, Department of Anthropology, NMNH, Jan. 1980-Jan. 1985 Anthropology Collections Committee, 1986 Chairman, NMNH Task Force on Organization, 1987 NMNH Task Force Implementation Committee, 1987-1988 Assistant Director, NMNH, January 1, 1988-July 1, 1988 Head, Division of Physical Anthropology, November 1989-1992 Anthropology Super Core Exhibits Team, 1993-1995 Department of Anthropology, Mission and Vision Committee, 1998 NMNH Strategic Planning Committee, 1998-1999 Atherton Seidell Fund Committee, 1997-2007 Senior Level Assessment Committee, NMNH, Co-chair, 1999 Chair, Search Committee for Anthropology Dept. Chair, 2010 Professional Organizations and Titles: Diplomate (25), American Board of Forensic Anthropology, 1979-Present Board Member, American Board of Forensic Anthropology, 1992-1998 4 President, 1995-1998 American Academy of Forensic Sciences, 1974-Present Fellow, 1987-Present Physical Anthropology Section Program Chairman, 1988 Secretary, 1989-1990 Chair, 1990-1991 Member, American Academy of Forensic Sciences Council, 1989-1991 Member, American Academy of Forensic Sciences Membership Committee, 1989-1991 Chair, 2007-2008 Member, American Academy of Forensic Sciences Nominating Committee, 1990- 1991;2012-2013 Chair 2012-2013 Elected Member, Board of Directors, 2002-2008 Elected to At Large Member of Executive Committee, 2004-2006 Member, Committee to assess recognition for Sept 11 related forensic contributions, 2003 Member, American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Forensic Sciences Foundation, 2002- 2007; Nominating Committee, 2002, 2003, 2007 Program Co-Chair, 2005 Program Chair, 2006 Vice-President, 2007-2008 Treasurer, 2008-2010 President-Elect 2010-2011 President 2011-2012 Chair, Nominations Committee 2012-2013 Chair, Awards Committee 2012-2013 American Association of Physical Anthropology, 1970-Present Editorial Board, 1985-1992 Executive Committee, 2000-2003 Chair Nominations Committee, 2001-2003 Paleopathology Association, 1985-Present Co-chairman, Preservation Committee 1986-1991 Washington Academy of Sciences, 1998-Present Fellow, 2000-Present Editorial Board, Journal of Forensic Sciences, 1990-present Book Review Editor, 2008-present Editorial Board, Homo, Journal of Comparative Human Biology, 1994-present Academia Nacional de Historia del Ecuador, Corresponding Member, 1995 Editorial Board, Revista Española de Medicina Legal, 1996-1999 Editorial Board, Anthropologie, International Journal of the Science of Man, 1997-2004 Board of International Collaborators of Variability and Evolution, 1997-present Editorial Board, Forensic Science Communications, 1999-present Ellis R. Kerley Forensic Sciences Foundation Board of Directors, 2000-Present Member, International Academy of Legal Medicine, Forensic Anthropology Society of Europe Section, 2004-Present Scientific Committee, International Academy of Legal Medicine, 2009 to present Editorial Board, Medico-Legal Update, An International Journal, 2005 Editorial Board, Bioarcheology of the Mideast, 2008 5 Panel Expertos, Comisión Asesora Presidencial Para Las Políticas de Derechos Humanos, Santiago de Chile 2006-2007 Comité Internacional de Expertos del Servicio Médico Legal, Santiago Chile, 2007-2010 Steering Committee of the International Commission on Missing Persons, 2007-2010 Scientific Working Group for Forensic Anthropology (SWGANTH), 2007-2012 Editorial Board, Human Evolution, 2007-2008 Editorial Board, International Journal of Anthropology, 2007-2008 Editorial Board, Global Bioethics, 2007-2008 National Missing and Unidentified Persons System Unidentified Decedent Advisory Group Scientific Committee, International Journal of Forensic Anthropology, 2008 to present La Sociedad de Odontoestomatólogos Forenses Ibero Americanos, Miembro Honorario, 2009 Editorial Board, Revista Española de Antropología Física, 2010 Honorary International Advisor for Sri Lanka Journal of Forensic Medicine, Science and Law, 2010 Editorial Advisory Board, The Open Forensic Science Journal, 2010 Scientific Advisor, Forensic Unit, International Committee of the Red Cross, 2010-present International Scientific Committee, La Revue de Médecine Légale, 2010-present Editorial Board, International Journal of Legal Medicine, 2011-present Editorial Board, Anthropological Review, 2012 Editorial Board, Revista Española de Antropología Física, 2012 Honors: Recipient of the Memorial Medal of Dr. Aleš Hrdlička, Humpolec, Czech Republic, 1999; Recipient of the Anthropology Award of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 2000; Recipient of the T. Dale Stewart Award by the Physical Anthropology Section of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, 2001; Recipient of the FBI Director’s Award for Exceptional Public Service, August 15, 2002; Recipient of the Federal Highway Administration Pennsylvania Division Historic Preservation Excellence Award, best representative project for archaeology and preservation, April, 2003; Recipient of a special recognition award from the FBI, March, 2004; Elected Miembro Honorario of the Sociedad de Odontoestomatólogos Forenses Ibero Americanos, November, 2009. Publications: 1966 Douglas Ubelaker. Arikara-Made Glass Pendants (Abstract). Plains Anthropologist 11(32):172- 173. 1967 William M. Bass and Douglas H. Ubelaker. Skeletal Material of Four Infants from the Curry Site. In The Archeology of the Upper Verdigris Watershed, Anthropological Series 3, edited by F.A. Calabrese, pp. 117-121. Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka. 1969 William M. Bass and Douglas H. Ubelaker. An Analysis of Skeletal Material from the Langdeau Site, 39LM209. In The Grand Detour Phase, Appendix C, edited by Warren W. Caldwell and Richard E. Jensen, pp. 87-89. Smithsonian Institution River Basin Surveys Publications in Salvage Archeology, No. 13. 1969 Douglas H. Ubelaker and William M. Bass. A Review of Human Origins. Lawrence-Journal World Press, Lawrence, KS. 71 pages. 6 1969 Douglas