LOUIS CHARLES FARON

LOUIS CHARLES FARON

LOUIS FARON Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers from Sep. 30 to Oct. 1, 2012.
Faron, Louis Charles
July 16, 1923 - Sep. 24, 2012
Louis Charles Faron, 89, of Sarasota, Florida, formerly of Stony Brook, Long Island, New York, died at home on September 24, 2012. His survivors include his wife, Sally, his daughter, Amy Faron Levy (Brad), four grandchildren, and three great grandchildren. He was predeceased by his parents, Louis C. and Erna Rost Faron and his son, Kenneth C. Faron.
After service in World War II from 1943-46, Louis earned his A.B. in History and Philosophy from Columbia College in 1949 and the Ph.D in Anthropology from Columbia University in 1954. Specializing in South American studies , he did ethnographic fieldwork among the Mapuche Indians of Chile (1952-54), the Coastal Valleys in Peru (1957-59), Choco Indians of Panama (1960), and the Otomi Indians of Mexico (1963-64).
Among the groups supporting his research were the Doherty, National Science, and Wenner Gren Foundations and several State University of New York Fellowships. In 1970-71, he was awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship. He was also a Fellow of the American Anthropological Association and of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. His research resulted in eight books and over 50 articles in academic journals written from 1954 to 1993.
Professor Faron's teaching career began at the University of Illinois, Urbana where he was a research associate to Julian Steward and co-authored Native Peoples of South America with him. Subsequent teaching at California State University at Los Angeles, and the University of Pittsburgh led him to the State University of New York at Stony Brook where in 1964 he founded the Department of Anthropology and served as its chair until 1971. He retired in 1986 as Emeritus Professor and moved to Sarasota.
His first love was always his time in the field working with varying ethnic groups. It was his work among the Mapuche, however, for which he achieved an enduring reputation. His material was translated into Spanish (1969, 1982), revised and updated (1986) and in 2011, two of his former graduate students visited an exhibit of the Mapuche and his work among them at the Museo Precolombiano in Santiago, Chile.
At Professor Faron's request, there will be no services but memorial contributions may be made to La Musica, P.O. Box 5442, Sarasota, Florida 34277.

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October 22, 2012

Dear friends,

I am an ascholar writing from Southern Chile. I have read, quoted and collected Profesor Faron's writings on Mapuche Indians and have benefited from his great insights and intelligent notes on this complex culture that caught his interest so many years ago. His work, specially his field-work remains unsurpassed. Some years ago we published a long comment made by him on Chilean Historiography. I feel very grateful and indebted to him and his work. I am certain that I resume the feelings of many Chileans who feel that he wasn't given the credit and honour his work deserves in our country. My only regret consists in not writing these words while he was with us. He had and has our respect and cariño para siempre.

Please convey my regards to his widow and child; please, feel sure that his work will be continually used in our teachings and quoted as it should in our our work.

Chaltu may, peukayal, peñi Louis (Muchas Gracias y hasta la vista hermano Luis),

Cordially,

Leonardo León,
Profesor de Historia Mapuche, Universidad de Chile.

October 18, 2012

Dear Sally,
With very fond memories of Lou and evenings in your home, my sympathies
Larry Taylor

John & Ellen Cavanaugh

September 30, 2012

Dear Sally,

We just heard of Lou's passing. Our prayers and thoughts are with you during this difficult time. John & Ellen

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