We can all join Mary in being saddened by the passing of
Malcolm Watkins. Fortunately the SHA recognized Watkins with an
SHA Award of Merit (at the suggestion of Mary Beaudry, by the
way) at its annual meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio (1996). Watkins was
an impressive scholar and a real gentleman as a colleague even to
those of us who were not of his generation and who only came to know
him later and indirectly. His passing is a great loss to our discipline
and to general scholarship.

                                   Robert L. Schuyler
                                   Chair
                                   SHA Awards Committee











At 10:21 PM 1/14/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>My dear friends and colleagues,
>
>I have just learned of the passing, on Friday, January 12, 2001, of
>Malcolm Watkins, former curator of American Culture at Museum of
>American History at the Smithsonian Museum and recipient of the
>Society for Historical Archaeology Award of Merit.
>
>  Malcolm will long be remembered for his expertise in ceramics and
>for his gentle yet persuasive personality that encouraged so many to
>pursue the study of historical archaeology and ceramic history.
>Malcolm organized the first meeting of individuals interested in the
>study of historical archaeology, a field that has since burgeoned far
>beyond what he could have ever envisioned.  He was a man who inspired
>love and devotion from those he met and worked with and who fired
>many with the love of American history and historic preservation.
>
>While Malcolm's memory will exist in perpetuity in the form of a
>curatorship at the Smithsonian endowed by the late Rodris Roth, a
>memorial service is being planned at the Smithsonian some time in
>February.  I am sure many will want to honor his memory by attending
>or by communicating with his widow, Joan Pearson Watkins.   You can
>write to her at P. O. Box 979, 47 King Street, Middleton, MA 01949.
>
>With deepest regret at having to pass on such sad news,
>
>Mary Beaudry
>
>
Robert L. Schuyler
University of Pennsylvania Museum
33rd & Spruce Streets
Philadelphia, PA l9l04-6324

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