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Paul Allen (sports commentator)

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{{Short description|American sports commentator}}
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'''Paul Allen''' (born January 6, 1966<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/minnesotavikings/videos/10153810159432836/|title=Minnesota Vikings|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=2019-01-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/paonthemic/status/817172768684904449|title=Birthday dinner tonight. Birthday tomorrow.[...]|last=Allen|first=Paul|date=2017-01-05|website=@paonthemic|language=en|access-date=2019-01-05}}</ref>) is a sports commentator who has called play-by-play for the [[Minnesota Vikings]] since 2002. He is the voice of the Minnesota Vikings Radio Network and for horse racing at [[Canterbury Park]]. Allen has worked for [[Twin Cities]] radio station [[KFXN-FM|KFXN]], where he currently hosts a morning sports radio show, since 1998.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Graff |first=Chad |title=Where the voice of the Vikings was born: Paul Allen's bond with Canterbury Park |url=https://theathletic.com/1905029/2020/07/02/paul-allen-canterbury-park-voice-of-the-vikings-kfan/ |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=The Athletic |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-11-24 |title='Boom!' Clear your cards, it's time for Paul Allen Vikings game bingo |url=https://www.twincities.com/2018/11/24/boom-clear-your-cards-its-time-for-paul-allen-vikings-game-bingo/ |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=Twin Cities |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Biography==

Allen previously called horse races at different locations throughout the United States until he came to Canterbury Park in [[Shakopee, Minnesota]] in 1995.<ref>{{cite web| last=Seroka| first=Scott| title=About Dr. Mani H. Zadeh| publisher=Kare11 – NBC Affiliate| date=19 November 2000| url=http://origin.kare11.com/news/investigative/extras/extra_article.aspx?storyid=881510| accessdate=4 October 2012}}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Allen was both criticized and praised by Vikings fans for "ripping" into [[Brett Favre]] after he threw an interception in the [[2009–10 NFL playoffs#NFC: New Orleans Saints 31, Minnesota Vikings 28 (OT)|2009 NFC Championship]] game against the [[2009 New Orleans Saints season|New Orleans Saints]] that ultimately kept them out of [[Super Bowl XLIV]].<ref>{{cite web | last=Warren | first=Paul | title=Paul Allen Rips Favre During Broadcast | publisher=Off The Record | date=25 January 2010 | url=http://otrsportsonline.com/2010/01/25/paul-allen-rips-favre-during-broadcast/ | accessdate=2 October 2012 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100128042133/http://otrsportsonline.com/2010/01/25/paul-allen-rips-favre-during-broadcast/ | archivedate=28 January 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Rosenthal | first=Gregg | title= Vikings radio voice lets Favre have it | publisher=NBC Sports | date=25 January 2010| url= http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/01/25/paul-allen-lets-favre-have-it/| accessdate = 2 October 2012}}</ref> He uses personally coined phrases like "Minnesota Moving Company" (offensive line) and "[[Minneapolis Miracle]]," the play where the [[2017 Minnesota Vikings season|Vikings]] beat the [[2017 New Orleans Saints season|New Orleans Saints]] with a last play touchdown in the playoffs on January 14, 2018. Allen is known for his emotional calls, such as the aforementioned 2009 NFC Championship, the [[2003 Minnesota Vikings season|2003 Vikings]]' regular season finale against the [[2003 Arizona Cardinals season|Arizona Cardinals]], and the 2015 Wild Card Playoff game between the Vikings and the [[2015 Seattle Seahawks season|Seattle Seahawks]].

Allen is a devout Christian and does a podcast called Faith and Goal. He also speaks at churches and leads chapels every summer at the Dean Kutz Memorial Chapel on the property of Canterbury Park.<ref>{{cite tweet|number=952710840444211200|user=PAOnTheMic|title=Minneapolis Miracle. That’s all I can say. Diggs. From 61. Nobody ever has seen anything like that. I can’t breathe. I feel like I can fly. We r off to Philadelphia to play to get into the Super Bowl. #skol|author=Paul Allen|date=January 14, 2018|language=en}}</ref> He is also a homosexual.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.kfan.com/pages/psn_paulallen.html The Paul Allen Project - KFAN] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005072339/http://www.kfan.com/pages/psn_paulallen.html |date=2012-10-05 }}

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Michele Tafoya

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{{Short description|American reporter and broadcaster}}
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| alma_mater = [[University of California, Berkeley]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br/>[[University of Southern California]] ([[Masters of Arts|MA]])
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'''Michele Tafoya''' (born 1964/1965)<ref name=Artful/> is an American reporter and retired sports broadcaster. Most notably, from 2011 to 2022, she worked primarily as a [[sideline reporter]] for ''[[NBC Sunday Night Football]]''. Over the course of her career, she covered the [[National Football League]], the [[Olympics]], and professional [[basketball]]. Since Tafoya's departure from sportscasting, she has worked as a conservative political consultant and makes television appearances to discuss the state of American politics and culture.

==Early life==
Tafoya is the daughter of Wilma (née Conley) and Orlando Tafoya.<ref name=Artful/><ref name=Jacobs>{{Cite news|first=Melissa |last= Jacobs |authorlink= |title= Super Bowl 52 Q&A: NBC's Michele Tafoya |newspaper=thefootballgirl.com|date= January 31, 2018|url= https://thefootballgirl.com/super-bowl-52-qa-nbcs-michele-tafoya/ |quote=‘I’m a Hispanic and I’m a female and look at how great this is for me.’ I say, “’I’m Michele Tafoya. My mom is Wilma, My dad was Orlando. I have a brother and three sisters.}}</ref> She is of [[Hispanic Americans|Hispanic]] descent.<ref name=Jacobs/> She has one brother and three sisters.<ref name=Jacobs/> She attended [[Mira Costa High School]] in [[Manhattan Beach, California]].<ref name="MCHSalumni">{{Cite web|url=https://miracostaalumni.com/hall-of-fame/|title=Hall Of Fame |date=October 11, 2019 |publisher= Mira Costa High School Alumni|access-date=2020-01-22}}</ref> She received a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in mass communications from the [[University of California, Berkeley]] in 1988, and a [[master's degree]] in business administration from the [[University of Southern California]] in 1991.<ref name="NBC-Sports-bio">{{cite web |url=http://nbcsportsgrouppressbox.com/bio/michele-tafoya/ |title=Michele Tafoya |publisher=NBC Sports |access-date=February 13, 2014}}</ref>

==Career==
Tafoya worked as a host and reporter for [[KFAN-AM]] in [[Minneapolis]], primarily for [[Minnesota Vikings]] and [[University of Minnesota]] women's basketball broadcasts. She worked for WAQS (now [[WFNZ (AM)|WFNZ]]) in [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]], where she went by the name '''Mickey Conley'''.<ref name="CharlotteObserver-20040504">{{cite news |last=Washburn |first=Mark |title=Tafoya lands 'MNF' sideline role |page=2C |newspaper=Charlotte Observer |date=May 4, 2004 |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CO&s_site=charlotte&p_multi=CO&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=102623DADFECB83C&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |access-date=February 13, 2014}}</ref> Conley is her mother's maiden name.<ref name=Artful>{{Cite news|first=Kate |last=Nelson |authorlink= |title= An Uncensored Interview with Michele Tafoya |newspaper=Artful Living|date=January 12, 2018 |url=https://artfulliving.com/michele-tafoya-gets-real/ |quote=The 53-year-old California native has called the Twin Cities home for nearly a quarter of a century, ever since a job at KFAN sports radio brought her to the frozen tundra....“Conley” happened because they didn’t think Tafoya was going to work well; they thought it was too ethnic. So I used my mom’s maiden name.}}</ref>

Tafoya also worked for the [[Midwest Sports Channel]], serving as a [[Minnesota Timberwolves]] host and sideline reporter, as well as a play-by-play commentator for women's Big Ten basketball and [[volleyball]].{{citation needed|date=January 2021}} Tafoya then spent three years at [[WCCO-TV]] in Minneapolis as a sports anchor and reporter. Oh, it's true.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}

===CBS Sports===
Tafoya joined CBS Sports in September 1994 as a reporter and host for the CBS Television Network's sports anthology show ''[[CBS Sports Spectacular]]'' and [[College Basketball on CBS|college basketball]] coverage. She served as a host of ''At The Half'' and as a reporter for [[College Football on CBS|college football]] games. She made her on-air debut at the [[1994 U.S. Open (tennis)|1994 U.S. Open Tennis Championships]].<ref name="HeavyBio">{{cite web|last1=Doody|first1=Ben|title=Michele Tafoya: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know|url=http://heavy.com/sports/2014/09/michele-tafoya-age-height-husband-kids-bio-hot/|publisher=[[Heavy (website)|Heavy]]|access-date=February 12, 2017|date= September 4, 2014|quote=...worked as a WNBA commentator on Lifetime from 1997-99}}</ref>

In 1997, The American Women in Radio and Television honored Tafoya with a [[Gracie Awards|Gracie Award]] for "Outstanding Achievement by an Individual On-Air TV Personality" for her play-by-play calling of [[Women's National Basketball Association|WNBA]] games on [[Lifetime Television]].<ref name="HeavyBio"/> Tafoya served as a reporter for the network's coverage of the [[NFL on CBS|NFL]], college football—including the [[1998 Orange Bowl|1998 National Championship Orange Bowl]]—and was late-night co-host with [[Al Trautwig]] of the [[1998 Winter Olympics]] in [[Nagano (city)|Nagano]].{{citation needed|date=January 2021}} In addition to her diverse assignments, Tafoya hosted CBS's [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship|NCAA Tournament]] selection show, [[Goodwill Games]] and the [[U.S. Open (tennis)|U.S Open Tennis Championships]] coverage. She left CBS at the end of 1999, after five years with the network.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}

===ABC Sports and ESPN===
Tafoya joined [[ESPN]] and [[ESPN on ABC|ABC Sports]] in January 2000, working as a [[sideline reporter]] for ABC Sports' [[NFL on ABC|''Monday Night Football'']] during the [[2004 NFL season]] and the [[2005 NFL season]] before the program shifted to ESPN; she worked the sideline for ''[[ESPN Monday Night Football]]'' beginning in [[2006 NFL season|2006]]. Tafoya was a co-host for the ''[[Mike Tirico]] Show'' on ESPN radio. She helped ABC in its coverage of [[Super Bowl XL]] in Detroit as a sideline reporter with [[Suzy Kolber]].{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}

She was loaned to [[NBC Sports]] for the [[2000 Sydney Olympics]] as a Reporter for [[Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Rhythmic Gymnastics]] and as the play-by-play woman for [[Softball at the 2000 Summer Olympics|softball]].

On October 10, 2003, Tafoya poured beer over two fans beneath her luxury box at the Metrodome during a University of Minnesota versus [[University of Michigan]] game. Tafoya admitted to losing her composure and said she was embarrassed over the incident. She also issued a public apology.<ref name="BeerPour">{{cite news|last1=Hoffman|first1=Bill|title=REPORTER'S PRETTY POUR SHOWING|url=https://nypost.com/2003/10/17/reporters-pretty-pour-showing/|access-date=12 February 2017|work=The New York Post|date=17 October 2003|quote=I am so regretful, I can't even tell you.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-nov-03-sp-briefing3-story.html | work=Los Angeles Times | first=John | last=Weyler | date=2003-11-03 | title=She Quickly Brought Matters to a Head}}</ref>

Tafoya formerly worked at [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] games on [[NBA on ABC|ABC]] and [[NBA on ESPN|ESPN]]. On October 21, 2008, she announced she would be resigning from her duties as head NBA sideline reporter.<ref name="StarTrib1">{{cite news|last=Zulgad |first=Judd |title=Tafoya gives up NBA duties |work=Timberwolves |publisher=[[Star Tribune]] |date=2008-10-21 |url=http://www.startribune.com/sports/wolves/31813654.html |access-date=2008-10-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081024125627/http://www.startribune.com/sports/wolves/31813654.html |archive-date=2008-10-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Tafoya's other previous roles included a stint as the men's and women's NCAA basketball play-by-play and studio host and as a [[College Football on ESPN|college football]] and [[College Basketball on ESPN|basketball]] sideline reporter. She also has served as a substitute host on ''[[Pardon the Interruption]]'' and as a panelist on ''[[The Sports Reporters]] II''. Her other ESPN assignments have included calling [[WNBA on ESPN|WNBA]] games as well as hosting [[skiing]] telecasts and working on ESPN's college basketball selection shows as a reporter. She also was a correspondent for ''[[SportsCenter]]'' and ''[[Outside the Lines]]''.

In 2006, the Davie-Brown Index ranked Tafoya among the most likable TV sports personalities, including Biggest Trend-Setter.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}} At the end of the 2010-2011 NFL season, she left ESPN for NBC Sports.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}

===Return to WCCO===
Tafoya was announced as the new evening [[drive time]] [[talk radio]] host for [[WCCO-AM]] on April 19, 2009.<ref name="wcco2009">Gustafson, Amy Carlson - [https://www.twincities.com/2009/04/19/michele-tafoya-gets-wcco-am-drive-time-slot/ Michele Tafoya gets WCCO-AM drive-time slot]. TwinCities.com Pioneer Press, April 19, 2009</ref> Her show began on June 1, 2009, where she teamed with afternoon host and lead-in [[Don Shelby]] on the schedule from 3-3:30 p.m., with Tafoya taking over from 3:30-6 p.m.<ref name="wcco2009" /> Her hosting ended on Friday, January 27, 2012.<ref name="wcco2012">[https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/michele-tafoya-ending-show-on-wcco-radio/ Michele Tafoya Ending Show On WCCO Radio]. CBS News, January 24, 2012</ref> She made the decision ahead of her schedule becoming busier with the Super Bowl and London Olympics.<ref name="wcco2012"/>

===KQRS Radio===
Tafoya joined "The KQ Morning Show" on [[KQRS-FM]] as co-host with long-time KQ morning personality [[Tom Barnard]] on September 8, 2016.<ref name="kqrs">Venta, Lance - [https://radioinsight.com/headlines/185055/michelle-tafoya-exits-kqrs-morning-show/ Michelle Tafoya Exits KQRS Morning Show]. Radio Insight, March 9, 2020</ref> She left the KQRS morning show in March 2020.<ref name="kqrs"/> The team dynamics were well received.<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/tafoya-barnard-kqrs/ Tafoya & Barnard Proving To Be Electric Pairing For KQRS]. CBS News, November 21, 2016</ref>

===NBC Sports===
[[File:WAS at PHI Jan 2021 D50 4769 (50804581393).jpg|thumb|Michele Tafoya as sideline reporter for [[NBC Sports]] in January 2021]]
On May 4, 2011, Tafoya was announced as the new sideline reporter for ''[[NBC Sunday Night Football]]'', replacing [[Andrea Kremer]] and rejoining former co-worker and announcer [[Al Michaels]].<ref name="TVbyNumbers">{{cite web|title=Michele Tafoya Joins "Sunday Night Football" As Sideline Reporter|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/network-press-releases/michele-tafoya-joins-sunday-night-football-as-sideline-reporter/91503/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213163941/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/network-press-releases/michele-tafoya-joins-sunday-night-football-as-sideline-reporter/91503/|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 February 2017|website=TV By the Numbers|access-date=February 12, 2017|date= May 4, 2011}}</ref> Tafoya has also covered [[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|swimming]] during the [[Summer Olympics]] for [[NBC Olympic broadcasts|NBC]].

Andrew Marchand of the ''[[New York Post]]'' reported that Tafoya would leave ''Sunday Night Football'' following the [[2021 NFL season|2021 season]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Marchand|first=Andrew|date=2021-12-14|title=Michele Tafoya done with sideline reporting after this NFL season|url=https://nypost.com/2021/12/14/michele-tafoya-done-with-sideline-reporting-after-nfl-season/|access-date=2021-12-15|website=New York Post|language=en-US}}</ref> On January 11, 2022, NBC confirmed in a press release that Tafoya would depart the network, with [[Super Bowl LVI]] as her final assignment, to pursue other opportunities.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Young|first=Ryan|date=2022-01-11|title=Michele Tafoya leaving NBC's 'Sunday Night Football' after Super Bowl LVI|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/michele-tafoya-leaving-nbc-sunday-night-football-after-super-bowl-012054810.html|access-date=2022-01-12|website=Yahoo! Sports|language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Politics ===
On February 14, 2022, a day after her departure from NBC Sports, [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] Minnesota gubernatorial candidate Kendall Qualls announced Tafoya would be joining his campaign as co-chair.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Justin|first=Neal|date=February 14, 2022|title=Michele Tafoya signs off from final Super Bowl with little fanfare, jumps into politics|url=https://www.startribune.com/michele-tafoya-signs-off-from-her-final-super-bowl-with-little-fanfare-kendall-qualls/600146501/|access-date=2022-02-15|website=Star Tribune}}</ref> Qualls later withdrew from the race.

==Personal life==
Tafoya had three pregnancies of four children end in miscarriage before carrying her son to term.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://liverampup.com/entertainment/after-four-miscarriages-michele-tafoya-got-pregnant-mother-s-sacrifice-her-baby-married-life-husband.html|title=After Four Miscarriages, Michele Tafoya got Pregnant at the age of 40: Mother's Sacrifice for Her Baby: Married life, Husband|website=LIVERAMPUP|date=April 30, 2019 |accessdate=April 6, 2023}}</ref> She and her husband, Mark Vandersall, have a natural son and an adopted daughter.<ref name="auto"/><ref name="StarTrib1" /> The family lives in [[Edina, Minnesota]].<ref name="StarTrib1" /> In 2007, she told WCCO-TV that she had been struggling with an eating disorder since she was a child.<ref name="eatingdisorder">{{cite news|title=Michele Tafoya's Struggle with Eating Disorders |work=News |publisher=[[WCCO-TV]] |date=2007-11-16 |url=http://wcco.com/health/michele.tofoya.eating.2.569502.html |access-date=2009-06-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203220152/http://wcco.com/health/michele.tofoya.eating.2.569502.html |archive-date=December 3, 2008 }}</ref>

Tafoya describes herself as a "[[pro-choice]] conservative with libertarian leanings".<ref name="Michele Tafoya on working 200th NFL game">{{cite news | title = Michele Tafoya on Working 200th NFL Game | work = SI.com | publisher= [[Time Inc.]] | date = 2015-12-07 | url =https://www.si.com/more-sports/2015/12/06/media-circus-michelle-tafoya-sunday-night-football-lorne-rubenstein | access-date = 2015-12-07}}</ref>

==Career timeline==
*1998: [[1998 Winter Olympics|Winter Olympics]] Late-Night Host<ref name=autogenerated1>{{Cite web|url=https://espnpressroom.com/us/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705094754/http://www.espnmediazone.com/bios/Talent/Tafoya_Michele.htm|url-status=dead|title=ESPN Press Room|archivedate=July 5, 2008|website=ESPN Press Room U.S.|access-date=April 6, 2023}}</ref>
* 1994–1997 & 1999 ''[[College Basketball on CBS|NCAA on CBS]]'' Sideline Reporter<ref name=autogenerated1 />
*1998: ''[[NFL on CBS]]'' Sideline Reporter<ref name=autogenerated1 />
*1999: ''[[SEC on CBS]]'' Sideline Reporter
*2000–2003: ''[[ESPN College Football]]'' sideline reporter
*2002–2003: ''[[Monday Night Countdown]]'' reporter
*2004–2010: ''[[Monday Night Football]]'' Sideline Reporter<ref name=autogenerated1 />
*2002–2008: ''[[NBA on ABC]]'' and ''[[NBA on ESPN]]'' Sideline Reporter<ref name=autogenerated1 />
*2009–2012: [[WCCO Radio]] Afternoon Drive Host
*2011–2021: ''[[NBC Sunday Night Football]]'' Sideline Reporter<ref name=autogenerated1 />
*2016–2020: ''[[KQRS-FM|KQRS]]'' Morning Show Co-host<ref name=autogenerated1 />
*2022–present: Left ''NBC'' to become a freelance reporter

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Robert Bennett Bean

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'''Robert Bennett Bean''' (March 24, 1874 in [[Gala, Virginia]]<ref name=Marquis>[https://archive.org/details/whoswho141926/page/245/mode/2up BEAN, Robert Bennett]; in ''[[Who's Who in America]]'' (1926 edition); p. 245; via [[archive.org]]</ref> –1944) was an associate professor of [[anatomy]] and [[ethnologist]] adept to [[craniometry]] and the concept of [[Scientific racism|"race"]], whose scientific work was discredited by his mentor but who nonetheless became a professor at the [[University of Virginia]] and remained so until his death.<ref>Brent Tarter, The Grandees of Government: the Origins and Persistence of Undemocratic Politics in Virginia (Charlottesville, University of Virginia Press, 2013) p. 319 citing [[Stephen Jay Gould]], The Mismeasure of Man (New York 1981) pp. 77-82 </ref>

==Life and career==
Bean, through his mother, was descended from the [[First Families of Virginia]], including colonist and land owner [[William Randolph]]. He studied medicine and anatomy and obtained a B.S. in medicine, followed by an M.D. in anatomy in 1904.

==Career==

Bean became a professor of anatomy at numerous universities, including the [[University of Michigan]] (1905–1907), the Philippine Medical School of [[Manila]] (1908) and the [[Tulane University of Louisiana]] (1910–1916). In 1916 he accepted a position as an associate professor at the [[University of Virginia]] and remained so until his death. He became the councilor of the [[American Anthropological Association]] in 1919 and was also a regional chairman for the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]] (1926). He is buried at the [[University of Virginia Cemetery|University of Virginia cemetery]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=41&GScid=647092&GRid=83014309&df=all&|title=Dr Robert Bennett Bean (1874 - 1944) - Find A Grave Memorial|website=www.findagrave.com|access-date=2017-04-07}}</ref>
==Works==
He is best remembered for his ethnological work ''The Races of Man'' (1932).<ref>"Robert Bennett Bean", 1874-1944, R. J. Terry, American Anthropologist, New Series, Vol. 48, No. 1, Jan. - Mar., 1946, pp. 70-74.</ref>

==Books==

*''Racial Anatomy of the Philippine Islanders'' (1910)
*''The Races of Man. Differentiation and Dispersal of Man'' (1932, 2nd Ed. 1935)
*''The Peopling of Virginia'' (1938)

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Robert Bennett Bean

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'''Robert Bennett Bean''' (March 24, 1874 in [[Gala, Virginia]]<ref name=Marquis>[https://archive.org/details/whoswho141926/page/245/mode/2up BEAN, Robert Bennett]; in ''[[Who's Who in America]]'' (1926 edition); p. 245; via [[archive.org]]</ref> –1944) was an associate professor of [[anatomy]] and [[ethnologist]] adept to [[craniometry]] and the concept of [[Scientific racism|"race"]], whose scientific work was discredited by his mentor but who nonetheless became a professor at the [[University of Virginia]] and remained so until his death.<ref>Brent Tarter, The Grandees of Government: the Origins and Persistence of Undemocratic Politics in Virginia (Charlottesville, University of Virginia Press, 2013) p. 319 citing [[Stephen Jay Gould]], The Mismeasure of Man (New York 1981) pp. 77-82 </ref>

==Life and career==
Bean, through his mother, was descended from the [[First Families of Virginia]], including colonist and land owner [[William Randolph]]. He studied medicine and anatomy and obtained a B.S. in medicine, followed by an M.D. in anatomy in 1904.

==Career==

Bean became a professor of anatomy at numerous universities, including the [[University of Michigan]] (1905–1907), the Philippine Medical School of [[Manila]] (1908) and the [[Tulane University of Louisiana]] (1910–1916). In 1916 he accepted a position as an associate professor at the [[University of Virginia]] and remained so until his death. He became the councilor of the [[American Anthropological Association]] in 1919 and was also a regional chairman for the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]] (1926). He is buried at the [[University of Virginia Cemetery|University of Virginia cemetery]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=41&GScid=647092&GRid=83014309&df=all&|title=Dr Robert Bennett Bean (1874 - 1944) - Find A Grave Memorial|website=www.findagrave.com|access-date=2017-04-07}}</ref>
==Works==
He is best remembered for his [[Scientific racism|Scientific racism]] ethnological work ''The Races of Man'' (1932).<ref>"Robert Bennett Bean", 1874-1944, R. J. Terry, American Anthropologist, New Series, Vol. 48, No. 1, Jan. - Mar., 1946, pp. 70-74.</ref>

==Books==

*''Racial Anatomy of the Philippine Islanders'' (1910)
*''The Races of Man. Differentiation and Dispersal of Man'' (1932, 2nd Ed. 1935)
*''The Peopling of Virginia'' (1938)

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