Larry Naylor

Submitted By jev0010 on Mon, 08/23/2010 - 2:53pm
Larry Naylor, Hunt, professor and chair of anthropology who worked at UNT from 1978 to 2005, died June 17. He received bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the State University of New York at Geneseo and his doctoral degree from Southern Illinois University. Naylor completed social-cultural fieldwork in Papua, New Guinea, and Ecuador and was on the anthropology faculty at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks before joining North Texas as director of the anthropology program. He helped develop the Department of Anthropology and served as chair for 14 years. He published six books and developed many online courses over his career. Naylor was a U.S. Army paratrooper with the Special Forces and was stationed at Fort Knox, Ky., during the Vietnam War. Memorial donations may be made to the Larry L. Naylor Anthropology Student Scholarship.

Larry Naylor, Hunt, professor and chair of anthropology who worked at UNT from 1978 to 2005, died June 17. He received bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the State University of New York at Geneseo and his doctoral degree from Southern Illinois University. Naylor completed social-cultural fieldwork in Papua, New Guinea, and Ecuador and was on the anthropology faculty at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks before joining North Texas as director of the anthropology program. He helped develop the Department of Anthropology and served as chair for 14 years. He published six books and developed many online courses over his career. Naylor was a U.S. Army paratrooper with the Special Forces and was stationed at Fort Knox, Ky., during the Vietnam War. Memorial donations may be made to the Larry L. Naylor Anthropology Student Scholarship.

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