Donald Blakeslee didn’t go to college with any intention of being an anthropologist – he hadn’t even heard of the field. Blakeslee, now a professor in the anthropology department, was studying astronomy in the 60s and picked up a book about anthropology one summer. “The reason I picked it up was because I read the back cover and went ‘I don’t know what any of these words mean,’” Blakeslee said. After reading the book, he took an anthropology course. When he needed to earn money for the second course, he asked his professor about summer jobs in the field.
Source: The Sunflower
