M. Margaret Clark
American medical anthropologist
Mary Margaret Clark (1925–2003) was an American medical anthropologist who is credited with founding the sub-discipline of medical anthropology.
Life
M. Margaret Clark was born on January 9, 1925, in Amarillo, Texas. After receiving a doctorate degree in anthropology from University of California, Berkeley, she was employed as a researcher by the U.S. Public Health Service, where she worked on public health-related projects in Colorado. She also worked as a consultant for various agencies directed towards health and aging. Dr. Clark later earned a Professor Emerita position at University of California, San Francisco where she taught medical anthropology through a joint graduate program she created. She retired from her position in 1991, after which she took courses at the Fromm Institute at the University of San Francisco. Dr. Clark died of a heart attack on January 23, 2003, aged 78. She was living in San Rafael, California, at the time of her death.
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