Like many veterans of his generation, he went to graduate school on the G.I. Bill and, in 1951, received a Ph.D. degree in anthropology from Columbia University, where he was greatly influenced by the antiracism writing of Franz Boaz.
He went to graduate school on the G.I. Bill. This was like many veterans of his generation. He received a Ph.D. degree in anthropology from Columbia University. This was in 1951. This was like many veterans of his generation. He was greatly influenced by the antiracism writing of Franz Boaz.