Jack McIver Weatherford is the former DeWitt Wallace Professor of anthropology at Macalester College in Minnesota.
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16 Facts About Jack Weatherford
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Jack Weatherford is best known for his 2004 book, Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World.
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Jack Weatherford was born in Columbia, South Carolina, to Anna Ruth Grooms and Alfred Greg Jack Weatherford, as the oldest of seven children.
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Jack Weatherford graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1967, with a B A in Political Science.
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Jack Weatherford earned a post-doctoral degree in policy studies from Duke University, Institute of Policy Sciences.
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Jack Weatherford became a professor of anthropology at Macalester College in Minnesota.
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Jack Weatherford has written extensively on indigenous cultures in North American and in other countries.
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Jack Weatherford received the 1992 Anthropology in the Media Award from the American Anthropological Association, and the 1994 Mass Media Award of the National Conference of Christians and Jews.
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Jack Weatherford became more widely known for his book, The History of Money, which was chosen as a selection of the Conservative Book of the Month Club.
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Since the late twentieth century, Jack Weatherford has studied and published on the cultures and history of Mongolia.
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Jack Weatherford's work has been recognized by that nation's government: in 2006, he was awarded the Order of the Polar Star, Mongolia's highest national honor.
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Jack Weatherford has worked with contemporary groups in places such as Bolivia and the Amazon.
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Jack Weatherford has worked with historical analysis such as the impact of the American Indians on world history.
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Jack Weatherford became a leader of the campus anti-war group AWARE and was tasked with observing its leader Brett Bursey.
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Jack Weatherford subsequently spied on Bursey's legal counsel as well as testifying against him at his trial for vandalizing a military draft board office.
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