W. James Judge

He stimulated my interest in archaology, an intrest I have maintained for a lifetime. Thank you, Jim.

Jim Judge was a kind, outgoing man. Highly educated and adventurous. He saw the world through layers of knowledge gained from travels throughout the Americas, and his formal education at several universities. He was influential in the creation of the University of New Mexico's Office of Contract Archaeology in the 1970s.

I was fortunate to have Dr. Judge as one of my professors at CSU during the late 1960's and I found him and his anthropology class to be among the best I ever had as an undergrad. His enthusiasm for the subject, sense of humor, and the joy he brought to his students are still memorable even 50+ years later. Thank you, Dr. J. for an amazing and refreshing experience in anthropology and life. PS: When he would enter the classroom, we had some fun with him, using a famous line from the TV...

Jim, I have never seen your face turn as red or you not knowing what the joke was until that day in class. I had found a poster of scantly clad women selling lawnmowers at the thrift store. I also noticed how you came into archaeology class & started immediately teaching, talking to us and never looked back as you pulled down the huge slide screen and readied your screen at the front of the class. So I slipped in fast and taped the poster inside of the big roll-up screen. You fell for it and...