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Date: | Fri, 11 Jul 1997 17:37:34 +0000 |
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Former Mississippi Archaeologist Killed
Mary Ellen Fogarty, a former Vicksburg District Corps of Engineers
archaeologist, was killed in a mountain climbing accident on Ptarmigan Peak
near Anchorage, Alaska on June 29, 1997, at the age of 40.
Mary Ellen worked for the COE in the early 1980's for two and a half years.
Later she returned to graduate school in Tennessee and for the last ten years
she resided in Alaska. While with the COE, much of her work consisted of
contract management and in-house cultural resource surveys within the Vicksburg
District. She was a devoted archaeologist who quickly learned federal
regulations and laws regarding cultural resources.
For the past couple of years, she was an anthropologist for the Alaska
Department of Fish and Game studying subsistance practices. Previously she
worked for the Bureau of Indian Affairs as an archaeologist of Alaska's Native
Cultures. Most recently she began taking pre-med classes at the University of
Alaska hoping to become a physician and serve in a group like Doctors without
Borders bringing medical treatment to underdeveloped countries.
Mary Ellen was a unique individual who lived life to its fullest. On a
personnal level, she will be fondly remembered for her delightful sense of
humor, warm smile, thoughtfulness of others, true sense of fairness, and kind
disposition. On a professional level, she was a dedicated anthroplogist,
thorough in all her endeavors, and devoted to the field.
While we mourn her, those closest to her understand her risk-taking
attempts to live life to its fullest. She had no regrets. We will all miss her.
Kate Yarbrough
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