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Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science Volume 33 Article 3 1979 In Memoriam: James Arthur Scholtz, 1932-1978 Hester A. Davis Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas Recommended Citation Davis, Hester A. (1979) "In Memoriam: James Arthur Scholtz, 1932-1978," Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science: Vol. 33 , Article 3. Available at: https://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol33/iss1/3 This article is available for use under the Creative Commons license: Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0). Users are able to read, download, copy, print, distribute, search, link to the full texts of these articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This Front Matter is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks@UARK. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science by an authorized editor of ScholarWorks@UARK. For more information, please contact scholar@uark.edu. lames Arthur Schollz, 1932-1978Jim Scholtz died unexpectedly on December 27, 1978, while on a trip toNew Orleans. For the past tenyears he had served as the Assistant Director of the University of Arkansas Museum. He had a BA inanthropology from the University of Iowa, his home state, and an MAin anthropology from the Univer-sity of Arkansas. Until turning his career toward the museum field, he had spent eight years doingarcheological field work, principally inArkansas. He had successfully combined his interests and talentsinhis position in the University Museum.He was instrumental in introducing anthropology into the scope of the Arkansas Academy ofScience,and formany years prodded and encouraged his colleagues, particularly in archeology, into participa-tion in the annual programs, and then inpublication of papers in the Academy's proceedings. His was aquiet, persuasive, and pervasive contribution to science and professionalism in Arkansas.Hester A.DavisArkansas Archeological SurveyEditor's Note: Jim s contributions toward the Arkansas Academy ofScience through his position as As-sociate Editor forAnthropology-Sociology were many and his help and encouragement in that areawillbe sorelv missed.1Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, Vol. 33 [1979], Art. 3Published by Arkansas Academy of Science, 1979

In Memoriam: James Arthur Scholtz, 1932-1978

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Journal of the Arkansas Academy of ScienceVolume 33 Article 31979In Memoriam: James Arthur Scholtz, 1932-1978Hester A. DavisFollow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaasThis article is available for use under the Creative Commons license: Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0). Users are able toread, download, copy, print, distribute, search, link to the full texts of these articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking priorpermission from the publisher or the author.This Front Matter is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks@UARK. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal of the ArkansasAcademy of Science by an authorized editor of ScholarWorks@UARK. For more information, please contact scholar@uark.edu, ccmiddle@uark.edu.Recommended CitationDavis, Hester A. (1979) "In Memoriam: James Arthur Scholtz, 1932-1978," Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science: Vol. 33 , Article3.Available at: https://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol33/iss1/3lames Arthur Schollz, 1932-1978Jim Scholtz died unexpectedly on December 27, 1978, while on a trip toNew Orleans. For the past tenyears he had served as the Assistant Director of the University of Arkansas Museum. He had a BA inanthropology from the University of Iowa, his home state, and an MAin anthropology from the Univer-sity of Arkansas. Until turning his career toward the museum field, he had spent eight years doingarcheological field work, principally inArkansas. He had successfully combined his interests and talentsinhis position in the University Museum.He was instrumental in introducing anthropology into the scope of the Arkansas Academy ofScience,and formany years prodded and encouraged his colleagues, particularly in archeology, into participa-tion in the annual programs, and then inpublication of papers in the Academy's proceedings. His was aquiet, persuasive, and pervasive contribution to science and professionalism in Arkansas.Hester A.DavisArkansas Archeological SurveyEditor's Note: Jim s contributions toward the Arkansas Academy ofScience through his position as As-sociate Editor forAnthropology-Sociology were many and his help and encouragement in that areawillbe sorelv missed.1Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, Vol. 33 [1979], Art. 3Published by Arkansas Academy of Science, 1979

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