Anthropologist. A Harvard University graduate, John Gulick became, according to many, one of the most illustrious professors at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for more than three decades. He is known for his research and publications in two very different geographical areas: Native North America and the Middle East. He organized and ran a major study of the North Carolina Cherokees in the late 1950s, the UNC-CH Cherokee Project of the Cross-Cultural Laboratory. That project produced more than two dozen papers, journal articles, and books. His team approach to this study attracted graduate students both from UNC-CH and several universities throughout the United States, including Harvard University, the University of Chicago, and University of Pennsylvania. That research project is considered one of the most outstanding Native American projects on a single tribe. Based on that research he wrote Cherokees at the Crossroads. His interest in the Middle East began when he served there during World War II. Most of his research was in Iran, Lebanon, and Libya, and he published numerous works on the Middle East, including Tripoli: A Modern Arab City.
Anthropologist. A Harvard University graduate, John Gulick became, according to many, one of the most illustrious professors at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for more than three decades. He is known for his research and publications in two very different geographical areas: Native North America and the Middle East. He organized and ran a major study of the North Carolina Cherokees in the late 1950s, the UNC-CH Cherokee Project of the Cross-Cultural Laboratory. That project produced more than two dozen papers, journal articles, and books. His team approach to this study attracted graduate students both from UNC-CH and several universities throughout the United States, including Harvard University, the University of Chicago, and University of Pennsylvania. That research project is considered one of the most outstanding Native American projects on a single tribe. Based on that research he wrote Cherokees at the Crossroads. His interest in the Middle East began when he served there during World War II. Most of his research was in Iran, Lebanon, and Libya, and he published numerous works on the Middle East, including Tripoli: A Modern Arab City.
Bio by: Sharlotte Neely Donnelly
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Cremated and ashes interred in the Gulick family plot at the West Tisbury Village Cemetery.
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