Alfred Irving Hallowell

Alfred Irving "Pete" Hallowell (; 1892–1974) was an American anthropologist, archaeologist and businessman.

Early life and education Hallowell was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and attended the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania receiving his B.S. degree in 1914. It was assumed he would follow a career in business but Hallowell developed interests in sociology and became first a social worker for the Family Society.

Hallowell expanded his interests, taking classes in anthropology. At the University of Pennsylvania, he completed his M.A. in 1920, and his Ph.D. in anthropology in 1924. Hallowell was a student of the anthropologist Frank Speck but whilst studying for his Ph.D., Hallowell travelled to Columbia University to attend the weekly seminar led by Franz Boas - the ideas discussed at which greatly influenced Hallowell's development as an anthropologist. and the Society for Projective Techniques.

He received the Viking Medal for outstanding achievement in anthropology in 1956.

Selected publications Bear Ceremonialism in the Northern Hemisphere (1926) The Role of Conjuring in Saulteaux Society (1942) Culture and Experience (1955) Ojibwa Ontology, Behavior, and World View (1960) Contributions to Anthropology (1976)