Mary Catherine Bateson is a renowned writer and anthropologist. She is not only well known in the United States, but also Iran where she has been the Dean of Students. She was born in New York City in 1939. She had one child in 1969 after being married in 1960. She is also the daughter of anthropologist, Margaret Mead. She received her knowledge from two main sources, Radcliffe College and Harvard University.
Currently Mary Bateson is the Clarence J. Robinson Professor of Anthropology and English at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. Other teaching and research she has done includes locations such as, Harvard University, Northeastern Univeristy, Damavand College (Tehran), Ateneo de Manila University, Brandeis University, Amherst College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Spelman College. She has been the Dean of Social Studies and Humanities at the University of Northern Iran and the Dean of Faculty at Amherst College. Between the 1964 and 1994, Mary Catherine Bateson has written over 41 articles and books on various topics. She has written many more since then, including her lastest books, Full Circles, Overlapping Livesand Peripheral Vision.
Mary Bateson offers words of wisdom for all. "Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving" (Quotes to Inspire You) would be one example of how she offers such a kind and intelligent mind to the world of anthropology. Another bit of her words of wisdom, "The need to sustain human growth should be a matter of concern for the entire society, even more fundamental than the problem of sustaining productivity," (Composing a Life) shows her knowledge that there is much more to be learned in the world and that not only people with Ph.D.'s, but everyone should have concern for how we continue to grow and change.
Bateson, M Biography, http://www.gmu.edu/robinson/cbbib.html, (March, 2000)
Former link, http://www.colby.edu/communications/releases/history/bateson.html, (March, 2000)
Mary Catherine Bateson Website, http://marycatherinebateson.com/, (March, 2000)
Former link, http://www.cybernation.com/victory/index.php, (March, 2000)
Former link, http://www.pkal.org/wisdom/12_14_98.html, (March 2000)
Written By: Kristi Gallagher